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Dr. Freeborn served as associate director of CHR from 1970 to 1983
and as a senior investigator from 1970 to 1999. He has conducted studies on
medical care utilization and costs, physician satisfaction, variation in
practice patterns, effects of guidelines, and the performance of non-physician
providers such as Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners. His current
research focuses on outcomes of substance abuse treatment and how substance
abuse treatment affects medical care use and costs.
Dr. Freeborn received his doctoral degree in medical care organization from the
University of Michigan. He also holds a master's degree in hospital
administration from the Medical College of Virginia. Before attending the
University of Michigan, he was the assistant director of the University of
Virginia Hospital and chief of the Bureau of Medical Care in the Department of
Public Health, Richmond, Virginia. After completing his Ph.D., he worked as the
associate director of the Ohio Valley Regional Medical Program and was a
faculty member in the department of behavioral science at the University of
Kentucky's School of Medicine.
Dr. Freeborn is an adjunct professor of sociology at Portland State University
and adjunct professor in the department of public health and preventive
medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University. He has served as a consultant
for the Veterans Administration and its HSR&D Field Program and has served
on various scientific committees for the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health
Administration, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the
NIMH, and the Institute of Medicine. He is a fellow in the Association for
Health Services Research.
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