Dr. Dubay’s research interests center on assessing the impact of public policies on insurance coverage, access to care, and the health of low-income populations. Dr. Dubay has lead major federal and foundation evaluations of expansions of the Medicaid program to pregnant women and children, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and the movement to managed care under the Medicaid. Dr. Dubay has also examined the influence of malpractice fears on the practice of defensive medicine. Dr. Dubay’s current research interest includes understanding the pathways that lead to socio-economic and racial disparities in child health, well-being, and psychological and cognitive functioning.

Medicaid, SCHIP, child health

Sommers Anna, Lisa Dubay, Linda Blumberg, Fredric Blavin and John Czajka. “Dynamics in Medicaid and SCHIP Eligibility Among In SCHIP’s Infancy: Implications for Reauthorization. Health Affairs (forthcoming.)

Dubay, Lisa, Jocelyn Guyer, Cindy Mann, Michael Sami-Odeh. “Medicaid at the 10 Year Anniversary of SCHIP: Looking Back and Moving Forward.” Health Affairs, 26(2) 2007.

Sommers, Anna, Steve Zuckerman, and Lisa Dubay. “Substitution of SCHIP for Private Coverage: Results from an Evaluation of SCHIP in Ten States.” Health Affairs, 26(2) 2007.

Hadley, Jack, James Reschovsky, Peter Cunningham, Genevieve Kenney and Lisa Dubay. "Insurance Premiums and Insurance Coverage of Near-Poor Children," Inquiry 43(4): 2006-2007.

Dubay, Lisa, John Holahan and Allison Cook. “The Uninsured and the Affordability of Health Insurance Coverage.” Health Affairs, Nov 30: 2006.

Sommers, Anna, Genevieve Kenney, and Lisa Dubay. “The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Birth Outcomes in Missouri.” Managed Care Review, 11(7): 2005.

Kenney, Genevieve, Anna Sommers, and Lisa Dubay. “Moving to Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care in Ohio: Impacts for Pregnant Women and Infants.” Medical Care, 43(7): 2005.

Davidoff Amy, Genevieve Kenney, and Lisa Dubay. “The Impact of SCHIP on Children with Chronic Health Conditions.” Pediatrics, 116(1): 2005.

Kaestner, Robert, Lisa Dubay and Jenny Kenney. "Managed Care and Infant Health: An Evaluation of Medicaid in the US." Social Science and Medicine 60(8): April 2005.

Fairbrother, Gerry, Genevieve Kenney, Karla Hanson, and Lisa Dubay. “How Do Stressful Family Environments Relate to Access and Use.” Medical Care Research and Review, 62(2): April 2005.

Dubay, Lisa and Genevieve Kenney. “Gains in Children’s Health Insurance Coverage but Additional Progress Needed.” Pediatrics, 114(5): November 2004.

Howell, Embry, Lisa Dubay, Genevieve Kenney, and Anna Sommers. “The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care On Pregnant Women in Ohio: A Cohort Analysis.” Health Services Research, 39 (4 Pt 1): Aug 2004.

Dubay, Lisa and Genevieve Kenney. “Addressing Health Insurance Coverage Gaps for Parents.” Health Affairs, 32(2): Mar-April 2004.

Dubay, Lisa, Christina Moylan and Thomas Oliver. “Covering the Uninsured: Can States Take the Lead?” Journal of Law and Health Care Policy, 7(1): 2004.

Davidoff, Amy, Lisa Dubay, Genevieve Kenney, Alshedye Yemane. “The Effect of Parent’s Insurance Coverage on Access to Care for Low Income Children.” Inquiry, 40(3): Fall 2003.

Dubay, Lisa and Genevieve Kenney. “Expanding Public Health Insurance to Parents: Effects on Children’s Coverage Under Medicaid.” Health Services Research, 38 (5): Oct 2003.

Holahan, John, Lisa Dubay and Genevieve Kenney. “Which Children Are Still Uninsured and Why?” Future of Children, Spring (13)1: 2003.

Dubay, Lisa, Robert Kaestner, and Timothy Waidmann. “Medical Malpractice Liability and Its Effect on Access to Obstetrical Care and Infant Health.” Journal of Health Economics, (20)4: 2001.

Almeida, Ruth, Lisa Dubay, Grace Ko. “Access to and Use of Health Services Among Low-Income Women.” Health Care Financing Review, (22)4: Summer 2001.

Dubay, Lisa, Theodore Joyce, Robert Kaestner, Genevieve M. Kenney. “Changes in Prenatal Care Timing and Low Birth Weight by Race and Socioeconomic Status: Implications for the Medicaid Expansions for Pregnant Women,” Health Services Research, June 2001.

Dubay, Lisa and Genevieve Kenney. “Health Care Access and Use Among Low Income Children: Who Fares Best ?” Health Affairs, 20(1): 2000.

Kenney, Genevieve, Stephen Zuckerman, Lisa Dubay, Jennifer Haley, and John Holahan. "Shifting Health Insurance Coverage, 1997-1999: Evidence from the National Survey of America's Families." Health Affairs, 20(1): 2000.

Dubay, Lisa and Genevieve Kenney. “Assessing the Impact of CHIP Using Household Surveys: Promises and Pitfalls.” Health Services Research, December 2000.

Blumberg, Linda, Lisa Dubay, and Stephen Norton. “Did the Medicaid Expansions Displace Private Coverage?: An Analysis Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation.” The Journal of Health Economics, 19(2000) 33-60.

Dubay, Lisa and Genevieve Kenney. “Did the Medicaid Expansions for Pregnant Women Crowd-out Private Insurance?” Health Affairs Volume 16, No. 1, January/February 1997.