Mark G. Field

A.B. Harvard College; A.M., Ph.D. Harvard University
Center Associate, Davis Center

Contact Information
781.862.8322 (Residence)
617.495.8319 (Fax)
mfield@fas.harvard.edu

Research Interests
Health and health care in the former Soviet Union; demographics; transition in Russia from socialized medicine to compulsory health insurance

Current Projects
Health as a reflection of socio-economic and political problems in Russia

Selected Publications
Field, M.G. and Twigg, J.L., eds. Russia's Torn Safety Nets: Health and Social Welfare During the Transition (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000)

Shkolnikov, V.M., Field, M.G., and Andreev, E.M, "Russia: Socioeconomic Dimensions of the Gender Gap in Mortality" in Challenging Inequities in Health: From Ethics to Action (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001)

Field, M.G., "The Inelasticity of Institutional Patterns: An Impediment to Health Care Reform in Post-Communist Russia," in Twaddle, A., ed., Health Care Reforms Around the World

Field, M.G., "The Soviet Legacy: The Past as Prologue" in Health Care in Central Asia (Buckingham-Philadelphia: Open University Press, 2002)

Field, M.G., "The Evolution of Health Care Systems: From the Soviet Union to Russia," presented in June 2002 at FICOSSER Conference, Heraclon, Crete (in press).