Kosali Simon

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
186 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Kosali Simon is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kosali Simon has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 99 papers in General Health Professions and 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kosali Simon's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (98 papers), Global Health Care Issues (61 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (36 papers). Kosali Simon is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (98 papers), Global Health Care Issues (61 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (36 papers). Kosali Simon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Brazil. Kosali Simon's co-authors include Coady Wing, Ricardo A. Bello-Gómez, Aparna Soni, John Cawley, Asako S. Moriya, Thủy Nguyễn, Jonathan Gruber, Yaa Akosa Antwi, Alex Hollingsworth and Benjamin D. Sommers and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Kosali Simon

178 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Designing Difference in Difference Studies: Best Practices for Public Health Policy Research

2018 973 citations Coady Wing, Kosali Simon et al. profile →
The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the First Two Years of the ACA Medicaid Expansions

2017 346 citations Kosali Simon, Aparna Soni et al. profile →
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: transforming mental health implementation research

2024 34 citations Kosali Simon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kosali Simon United States	36	2.8k	2.5k	771	597	564	186	5.4k
Sherry Glied United States	35	1.8k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	525 0.7×	507 0.8×	447 0.8×	237	5.9k
Bryan Dowd United States	39	2.7k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	655 0.8×	334 0.6×	436 0.8×	210	5.8k
Katherine Baicker United States	38	5.0k 1.7×	5.0k 2.0×	507 0.7×	691 1.2×	394 0.7×	115	7.8k
Thomas C. Buchmueller United States	35	2.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.1×	393 0.5×	268 0.4×	319 0.6×	113	4.5k
Darius Lakdawalla United States	41	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	855 1.1×	395 0.7×	400 0.7×	206	5.9k
Robert Kaestner United States	44	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	515 0.9×	1.0k 1.9×	179	5.4k
Matt Sutton United Kingdom	44	3.2k 1.1×	4.6k 1.8×	918 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	596 1.1×	315	8.3k
Nigel Rice United Kingdom	40	2.3k 0.8×	2.8k 1.1×	373 0.5×	996 1.7×	446 0.8×	121	5.0k
Thomas G. McGuire United States	48	4.8k 1.7×	5.0k 2.0×	637 0.8×	626 1.0×	705 1.3×	227	8.9k
Partha Deb United States	32	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	826 1.1×	295 0.5×	325 0.6×	89	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kosali Simon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kosali Simon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kosali Simon

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Ganz, David A., Jonathan Cantor, Denis Agniel, et al.. (2025). Medications for opioid use disorder in traditional medicare beneficiaries: associations with age. Health Affairs Scholar. 3(2). qxaf036–qxaf036.

Chua, Kao‐Ping, et al.. (2025). Changes in Chronic Medication Dispensing to Children and Young Adults During Medicaid Unwinding. PEDIATRICS. 155(6). 1 indexed citations

Bradford, Ashley C., Thủy Nguyễn, Lucy Schulson, et al.. (2024). High-Dose Opioid Prescribing in Individuals with Acute Pain: Assessing the Effects of US State Opioid Policies. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 39(14). 2689–2697. 2 indexed citations

Baicker, Katherine & Kosali Simon. (2024). Developing Evidence-Based Health Policy for Dementia Care. JAMA Health Forum. 5(12). e245252–e245252. 1 indexed citations

Chang, Chiang‐Hua, Sumedha Gupta, Babar Khan, et al.. (2023). Mortality and Discharge Location of Intensive Care Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia. American Journal of Critical Care. 32(4). 249–255. 1 indexed citations

Miles, Jennifer, Peter Treitler, Richard Hermida, et al.. (2023). Racial/ethnic disparities in timely receipt of buprenorphine among Medicare disability beneficiaries. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 252. 110963–110963. 4 indexed citations

Agniel, Denis, Jonathan Cantor, Barbara Andraka‐Christou, et al.. (2023). How are state telehealth policies associated with services offered by substance use disorder treatment facilities? Evidence from 2019 to 2022. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 252. 110959–110959. 1 indexed citations

Freedman, Seth, et al.. (2023). Societal Disruptions and Childhood ADHD Diagnosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Journal of Human Resources. 59(S). S187–S226. 5 indexed citations

Taylor, Erin Audrey, Jonathan Cantor, Ashley C. Bradford, Kosali Simon, & Bradley D. Stein. (2023). Trends in Methadone Dispensing for Opioid Use Disorder After Medicare Payment Policy Changes. JAMA Network Open. 6(5). e2314328–e2314328. 12 indexed citations

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Gupta, Sumedha, Brea L. Perry, & Kosali Simon. (2023). Trends in Abortion- and Contraception-Related Internet Searches After the US Supreme Court Overturned Constitutional Abortion Rights. JAMA Health Forum. 4(4). e230518–e230518. 17 indexed citations

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Nguyễn, Thủy, Ulrike Muench, Barbara Andraka‐Christou, et al.. (2021). The Association Between Scope of Practice Regulations and Nurse Practitioner Prescribing of Buprenorphine After the 2016 Opioid Bill. Medical Care Research and Review. 79(2). 290–298. 26 indexed citations

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Froberg, Blake, et al.. (2020). The Affordable Care Act Young Adult Mandate and Suicidal Behavior. Medical Care Research and Review. 79(1). 17–27. 1 indexed citations

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Bento, Ana I., Thủy Nguyễn, Coady Wing, et al.. (2020). Evidence from internet search data shows information-seeking responses to news of local COVID-19 cases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(21). 11220–11222. 219 indexed citations

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Gupta, Sumedha, Kosali Simon, & Coady Wing. (2020). Mandated and Voluntary Social Distancing During The COVID-19 Epidemic: A Review. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

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Nguyễn, Thủy, Sumedha Gupta, Martin Andersen, et al.. (2020). Impacts of State Reopening Policy on Human Mobility. National Bureau of Economic Research. 5 indexed citations

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Hollingsworth, Alex, Aparna Soni, Aaron E. Carroll, John Cawley, & Kosali Simon. (2019). Gains in health insurance coverage explain variation in Democratic vote share in the 2008-2016 presidential elections. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0214206–e0214206. 7 indexed citations

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Simon, Kosali, Aparna Soni, & John Cawley. (2016). The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the 2014 ACA Medicaid Expansions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Lavetti, Kurt & Kosali Simon. (2016). Strategic Formulary Design in Medicare Part D Plans. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Cawley, John, John R. Moran, & Kosali Simon. (2008). The Impact of Income on the Weight of Elderly Americans. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Moran, John R., Kosali Simon, Timothy M. Smeeding, et al.. (2005). Income and the Use of Prescription Drugs by the Elderly. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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