Author Archives: Derek DeLia

About Derek DeLia

Derek DeLia, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy. He is a Health Economist with research interests in healthcare payment and delivery reform, healthcare access, insurance coverage, and healthcare markets. He teaches courses in Health Economics, Health and Public Policy, and quantitative research methods. Dr. DeLia’s research is published in peer-reviewed journals such as Health Affairs, Health Services Research, Annals of Emergency Medicine, and Medical Care. He has been awarded more than $5.3 million in federal, state, & private research funding as Principal Investigator (PI) and has made substantial contributions to raising more than $18.8 million as a contributing co-Investigator. Previously, Dr. DeLia held research positions at the MedStar Health Research Institute, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, and the United Hospital Fund of New York. He also taught Health Economics, Econometrics, and Statistics for the Rutgers Economics Department, Columbia University, New York University, and the City University of New York. In his spare time, Dr. DeLia like to run, lift weights, read, and spend time outdoors.

Health Economics and “Delivering Dollars to the American People”

By | March 8, 2026

Healthcare policy is back on voters’ minds. The Republican party has placed its bet on consumer-driven healthcare, framed as “delivering dollars to the American people”, as a winning strategy. While the idea is not new, there is a lot the public needs to learn about it. Decades of research in health economics has a lot… Read More »