Research Professor, Institute for Healthcare Studies
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Institute for Healthcare Studies
Northwestern University
750 North Lakeshore Drive
10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611

Telephone 312-503-5590
Fax          312-503-2777

Email:  Larry M. Manheim

Larry M. Manheim, PhD is currently a research professor in the Institute for Healthcare Studies and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.  Dr. Manheim earned his PhD in economics and a masters degree in statistics from the University of California at Berkeley. 

Health Economics Interests

Dr. Manheim’s interests have involved using large data sets to 1) look at aging and individual risks of high medical costs, disability and long term care use, 2) using Medicare data to analyze hospital and post-acute care organization responses to changes in Medicare payment rules, and 3) use of primary interview data and Medicare data to evaluate cost effectiveness of health care system interventions.

Selected Journal Publications

1. Manheim L, Feinglass J, Hughes R, Martin G, Conrad K and Hughes E.  Training house officers to be cost conscious: effects of an educational intervention on charges and length of stay,  Medical Care 1990; 28: 29-42. 

2.  Manheim L.  Health services research clinical trials: issues in the evaluation of economic costs and benefits, Controlled Clinical Trials, 1998; 19:149-158.

3.  Daviglus ML, Liu K, Greenland P, Dyer AR, Garside DB, Manheim L, Lowe LP, Rodin M, Lubitz J, Stamler J. Favorable economic impact of low cardiovascular risk factor status in middle age on Medicare costs, New England Journal of Medicine, 1998; 339:1122-29.

4.  Hughes S, Weaver F, Giobbie-Hurder A, Manheim L, Henderson W, Kubal J, Ulasevich A, Cummings J. The effectiveness of team managed home care: a randomized, multicenter trial JAMA, 2000; 22: 2877-85.

5.  Dunlop D, Manheim L, Song J, Chang R. Gender and ethnic/racial disparities in health care utilization among older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 2002; 57B:  S221-S233.

6. Peaceman A, Feinglass J, Manheim L. Risk-adjustment of cesarean delivery rates: a practical method for use in quality improvement. American Journal of Medical Quality 2002; 17: 113-117.

7. Weaver F, Hughes S, Wixson R, Almagor O, Manheim L, Fulton B, Singer R. Comparison of two home care  protocols for total joint replacement Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003; 51: 523-528.

8. Bazzoli G, Manheim L, Waters T. US hospital industry restructuring and the hospital safety net. Inquiry  2003; 40: 6-24.

9. Dunlop D, Song J, Lyons J, Manheim L, Chang R. Racial/ethnic differences in prevalence of depression  among pre-retirement adults. American Journal of Public Health 2003; 93:1945-1952.

10. Feinglass J, Amir H, Taylor P, Lurie I, Manheim L, Chang R. How safe is primary knee replacement surgery, perioperative complication rates in northern Illinois 1993-1999. Arth Care&Res  2004; 51: 110-115.

11. Daviglus M, Liu K, Yan L, Pirzada A, Manheim L, Manning W, Garside D, Stamler G, Dyer A, Greenland P.  Long-term relation of body mass index in middle age with medicare expenditures in older age: the Chicago heart association detection project in industry. JAMA 2004; 292: 2743-2749.

12. Dunlop D, Manheim L, Song J, Lyons J, Chang R. Incidence of disability among pre-retirement adults: the impact of depression. American Journal of Public Health 2005; 95: 2003-2008.

13. Lui K, Dyer AR, Vu TH, Pirzada A, Manheim LM, Manning WG, Ashraf MS, Garside DB, Daviglus ML.  One-hour post-load plasma glucose in middle age and Medicare expenditures in older age among non-diabetic men and women: The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in industry. Diabetes Care  2005; 28: 1057-1062.

14. Stroupe K, Manheim L, Luo P, Giobbie-Hurder A, Hynes D, Jonasson O, Reda D, Gibbs J, Dunlop D, Fitzgibbons R. Tension free repair versus watchful waiting for men with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias: a cost effectiveness analysis. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2006; 203: 458-468.

15. Dunlop D, Song J, Manheim L, Daviglus M, Chang R. Racial/ethnic differences in the development of disability among older adults.  American Journal of Public Health, In press.

16. Manheim L. Measuring the effects of lifestyle interventions on health care costs: research editorial.  Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2007, In press.