Dr. Gaskin's primary research interests are access to health care for minority, low-income, uninsured and other vulnerable populations, disparities in healthcare and the hospital safety net. His other research interests include the effects of managed care, other market forces and public policy on hospital behavior, mental health economics and the treatment decisions of terminally ill patients.

Health Disparities, Minority Health, Safety Net Hospitals, Access to Care, Mental Health Economics, Managed Care

Committee Member, Institute of Medicine Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the U.S. Health System

Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy - 2002 Article-of-the-Year Award

Governing Counselor, American Public Health Association, Medical Care Section, 2001-2003.

Solicited Program Chair, American Public Health Association, Medical Care Section.

Gaskin DJ, Kouzis A, Richard P. “Children’s and Adolescents’ Use of Mental Health Care Is a Family Matter,” Medical Care Research and Review in press.

Mitchell JM and Gaskin DJ., “Receipt of Preventive Dental Care Among Special Needs Children Enrolled in Medicaid: A Crisis in Need of Attention.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law forthcoming.

Mitchell JM and Gaskin DJ. “Are Children with SHCN in Compliance with AAP Guidelines for Health Supervision Visits? Comparing FFS and Partially Capitated Managed Care.” Inquiry forthcoming.

Gaskin DJ Spencer CS, Richard P, Anderson G, Powe NR, and LaVeist TA., 2008. “Do hospitals provide lower quality care to minorities compared to whites?” Health Affairs 27(2): 518-527.

LaVeist TA, Bowen-Reid T, Jackson J, Gary T, Thorpe, R, Gaskin DJ, Browne DC. 2008. "Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities: Overview of the EHDIC Study," Journal of Urban Health 85(1):11-21.

Gaskin DJ, and Frick KD. 2008. “Race and Ethnic Disparities in Valuing Health,” Medical Decision Making 28:12-20.

Schuster CR, Mitchell JM, Gaskin DJ. 2007. “Partially Capitated Managed Care versus Fee-for-Service for Special Needs Children: Does Care Coordination Available under Managed Care Matter?” Health Care Financing Review 28(4):109-123.

Mitchell JM and Gaskin DJ. 2007. “Caregivers’ Ratings of Access: Do Children with Special Health Care Needs (SHCN) Fare Better Under Fee-for-Service or Capitated Managed Care?” Medical Care 45(2):146-153.

Gaskin DJ, Arbelaez JJ, Brown J, Petras H, Wagner F, and Cooper LA. 2007. “Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Site of Usual Source of Care.” Journal of National Medical Association 99(1):22-30.

Casagrande SS, Gary TL, LaVeist TA, Gaskin DJ, Cooper LA. 2007 “Perceived Discrimination and Adherence to Medical Care in a Racially Integrated Community.” Journal of General Internal Medicine Mar;22(3):389-95.

Frick KD, Shi L, Gaskin DJ. 2006. “What Level of Evidence of the Value of Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers is Necessary to Make Policy?” Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 1(1):75-82.

Gaskin DJ, Briesacher B, Limcangco R, and Brigantti BL. 2006. “Exploring Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prescription Drug Spending and Use of among Medicare Beneficiaries.” The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotheraphy, 4(2):96-111.

Roberto PN, Mitchell JM, and Gaskin DJ. 2005. “Medicaid Fee-for-Service Versus Partially Capitated Managed Care: Does Plan Choice Affect Changes in Access to Care for SSI Eligible Children with Disabilities Over Time?” Inquiry 42:145-159.

Gaskin DJ and Mitchell JM. 2005. “Mental Health Status And Access To Care For Children With Special Health Care Needs,” Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 8 (1): 29-36.

Mitchell JM and Gaskin DJ, 2005. “Factors Affecting Plan Choice and Unmet Need among SSI Eligible Children with Disabilities,” Health Services Research 40(5):1379-1399.

Gaskin DJ, Headen AE, and White-Means SI., “Racial Disparities in Health and Wealth: The Effects of Slavery and Past Discrimination.” The Review of Black Political Economy, Winter/Spring 2005 97-112.

Gaskin DJ, Weinfurt KP, Castel LD, DePuy V, Li Y, Balshem A, Benson A, Burnett CB, Corbett S, Marshall J, Slater E, Sulmasy D, Van Echo D, Meropol NJ, and Schulman KA. 2004. “An exploration of the health stock risk adjustment model in advanced cancer patients.” Medical Decision Making 24(6):614-624.

Mitchell J, and Gaskin D, "Do SSI Children Fare Better with a Comprehensive Capitated HMO versus a Fee for Service Program.” Pediatrics 114:196-204.

Briesacher B, Limcangco R, and Gaskin D, “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prescription Coverage and Medication Use.” Health Care Financing Review Winter 2003-2004, Volume 25, Number 2 63-76.

Bundorf MK, Escarce JJ, Stafford JA, Gaskin D, Jollis JG, and Schulman KA. "Impact of Managed Care on the Treatment, Costs, and Outcomes of Fee-for-Service Medicare Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction." Health Services Research, 2004;39(1):131-152.