Professor of Health Care Sciences, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
Dr. McConnel is a Professor of Health Care Sciences
in the University of Texas Southwestern School of
Allied Health Sciences, an Associate Professor of
Family Practice and Community Medicine in Southwestern
Medical School in Dallas and an Adjunct Professor
of Management and Policy Science in the University
of Texas School of Public Health, University of
Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. Prior to
his appointments in the U.T. system, Dr. McConnel
taught at San Diego State University, Alfred University,
Occidental College and the University of Southern
California. Dr. McConnel teaches courses in health
care economics, epidemiology of aging, statistics
and economics of aging. His research has included
studies of the economics of long-term care and survival
patterns of institutionalized patients, economic
factors in the geographical distribution of physicians
and health services utilization by the rural elderly.
He has been the Principal Investigator on research
grants funded by the National Center for Health
Services Research [now Agency of Healthcare Research
and Quality], National Institute on Aging, Health
Care Financing Administration, the Andrus Foundation
[AARP] and the Hogg Foundation. His most recent
work has focused on the socio-demographic determinants
of demand for prehospital emergency services and
health expenditure patterns of the elderly. In addition
to his teaching and research, Dr. McConnel has conducted
studies for the university on the economic impact
of the medical school on the regional economy and
studies for the Executive Vice-Chancellor for Health
Affairs, University of Texas System, on the economic
impact of all U. T. medical schools on the state
economy. Other professional activities include past
membership on the Texas Department of Health's Osteoporosis
Advisory Committee, and a member of the Steering
Committee of the Dallas County Coalition on Aging
and Developmental Disabilities and Technical Advisory
and Investment Panels of the United Way of Metropolitan
Dallas. |
