The Heller School for Social Policy and Management

Donald Shepard

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Email: shepard@brandeis.edu
Office: Heller-Brown Building 275
Phone: 781-736-3975
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Expertise

Health economics, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis, health financing in the United States and globally. Topics of application include respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), drug and alcohol abuse, cardiovascular disease, dengue, vector control, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, homelessness, oral health, and technology assessment.

Courses

  • HS 422f - Cost-Effectiveness

Degrees

  • Harvard University
    Ph.D.
  • Harvard University
    M.P.P.
  • Harvard University
    B.A.

Donald Shepard

Professor

Profile

Donald S. Shepard, Ph.D., is Professor at the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy at the Heller School, Brandeis University. Director of the Institutes' group on cost and value, he is a health economist concerned with maintaining and improving health the United States and globally. His major concentrations are cost and cost-effectiveness analysis in health, health financing, and performance incentives. He co-authored the paper that created the term QALY (for quality-adjusted life year), a central concept in cost-effectiveness analysis in health Substantive areas concern malaria, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, HIV/AIDS, dengue, lymphatic filariasis, vaccines, measurement of the quality of life, and control of mosquitoes, oral health, and technology assessment. He is Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, a peer reviewer of grant applications for the National Institutes of Health, and former Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Applied Public Policy.

Awards and Honors

  • Listing in Who’s Who in America, 75th edition (2021) (2021)
  • Listing in Who’s Who in the World, 38th edition (2021) (2021)
  • Fulbright Award - Distinguished Chair in Applied Public Policy (2019), Adelaide, Australia (2019)
  • Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017 - 2018)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (awarded in recognition of sustained professional excellence in any phase of tropical medicine, hygiene, global health and related disciplines) (2016)
  • Expert adviser to Evidence Review Group on economics of PBO bed nets, Global Malaria Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (2015)
  • First author of lead paper of the month in Journal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene for research on dengue (2014)
  • Recipient of the 2014 Plant-Insect Ecosystem Section Integrated Pest Management Team Award to “Area-wide Asian Tiger Mosquito (AW-ATM) Team” from of the Entomological Society of America (ESA).. (2014)
  • Biographee in Who's Who in America, 57th edition (2003) through 73rd edition (2018) (2013 - 2018)
  • Biographee in Who's Who in the World, 21st edition (2004) through 36th edition (2018) (2013 - 2018)
  • Chair, Initiative on Under-Reporting under International Dengue Vaccine to Vaccination (v2V) Committee (2012)
  • Member of international Dengue Vaccine to Vaccination (v2V) Committee to examine vaccination uptake (from July 2010) (2012)
  • Guest editor, Dengue Matters, Special issue on burden of dengue (2011 - 2012)
  • Study Section regular & ad hoc member, Behavioral and Social Sciences in HIV/AIDS, National Institutes of Health, 2008 to present (2010)
  • American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) Co-author of “Paper of the Year” (2009)
  • Member of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group, Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (2008 - 2011). (2009 - 2011)
  • Distinguished Service Award from Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporations of Massachusetts, Inc. (2006)
  • Biographee in Who's Who in the East, 26th Edition (1996) and 27th Edition (1998). (1998)

Scholarship

  • Anarwat SG., Assan J. Canterbury D, Gaumer G, Shepard DS. "Predictors of enrollment in Ghana’s National Health Insurance scheme." International Journal of Development and Sustainability (ISDS (2021). (forthcoming)
  • Heil SH, Melbostadt HS, Matusiewicz AK, Rey CN, Badger GJ, Shepard DS, Sigmon SC, MacAfee LK, Higgins ST. "Efficacy and cost-benefit of onsite contraceptive services with and without incentives among women with opioid use disorder at high risk for unintended pregnancy." JAMA Psychiatry (2021). (forthcoming)
  • Haddadin Z, Rankin DA, Lipworth L, Suh M, McHenry R, Blozinski A, George SS, Fernandez KN, Vajabedian R, Spieker AJ, Shepard DS, Halasa NB. "Respiratory virus surveillance infants across different clinical settings." The Journal of Pediatrics (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peds2021.03.036.
  • Ma S, Shepard DS, Ritter GA, Martell RE, Thomas CP. "Cost sharing for breast cancer hormone therapy: how do dual eligible patients’ copayments impact adherence." Plos One (2021).
  • Shepard DS, Odumah JU, Awolola ST. "Cost effectiveness of PBO versus conventional long-lasting insecticidal bed nets in preventing symptomatic malaria in Nigeria: results of a pragmatic randomized trial." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 104. 3 (2021): 979–986. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0956.
  • Wilastonegoro NN, Kharisma DD, Laksono IS, Halasa-Rappel YA, Brady OJ, Shepard DS. "Cost of dengue illness in Indonesia across hospital, ambulatory, and not medically-attended settings." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 103. 5 (2021): 2029–2039. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.19-0855.
  • Zard M, Lau LS, Bowser DM, Fouad FM, Lucumi DI, Samari G, Harker A, Shepard DS, Zeng W, Moresky RT, Audi MN, Greene CM, Kachur SP. "Leave no-one behind: ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugee and displaced populations." Nature Medicine (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01328-310.1.
  • Basaza R, Namyalo PK, Mayora C, Shepard DS (eds.). The Journey to Universal Health Insurance Coverage: What are the Lessons for Uganda and Other LMIC?. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2020.
  • Brady OJ, Kharisma DD, Wilastonegoro NN, O’Reilly KM, Hendrickx E, Bastos LS, Yakob L, Shepard DS. "The cost-effectiveness of controlling dengue in Indonesia using wMel Wolbachia released at scale: a modelling study." BMC Medicine 18. (2020): 186. doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01638-2.
  • Brady OJ, Shepard DS. "Modelling the impact, cost and cost effectiveness of Wolbachia in Indonesia." Analytics Group, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Seattle, WA, USA. 01/16/2020.
  • Coudeville L, Baurin N, Shepard DS. "The potential impact of dengue vaccination with, and without, pre-vaccination screening." Vaccine 38. 6 (2020): 1353-1369, doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.12.012.
  • Elson TD, Heinrich SR, Richards JF, Wirawan RY, Shepard DS. "Cost-benefit analysis of an employee assistance program for a geographically dispersed workforce in South Australia." Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health 35. 1 (2020): 37-54, doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2019.1676161.
  • Halasa-Rappel YA, Fardous T, Jrasat M, Al-Halaseh IA, Abu-Shaer M, Hijazeen R, Shepard DS.. "The actuarial cost and fiscal impact of expanding the Civil Insurance Program health coverage to vulnerable citizens in Jordan.." Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 26. 2 (2020): 206-221.
  • Higgins ST, Slade EP, Shepard DS. "Decreasing smoking during pregnancy: Potential economic benefit of reducing sudden unexpected infant death." Preventive Medicine 140. (2020): 106238. doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106238.
  • Ma S, Shepard DS, Ritter G, Martell RE, Thomas C.. "The impact of the introduction of generic aromatase inhibitors on hormonal therapy adherence over the full course of five-year treatment for breast cancer." Cancer 126. (2020): 3417-3425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32976.
  • Masuda Y, Shepard DS, Nakamura O, Toma T. "Vision paper for enabling Internet of Medical Robotics Things in Open Healthcare Platform 2030." Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare. vol. 192 Ed. Chen YW, Zimmermann A, Howlett R, Jain L. Singapore: Springer, 2020. 4-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5852-8_1.
  • Schulte A, Weber I, Tiga-Loza DC, Amaya Larios IY, Shepard DS, Tschampl CA, Undurraga EA, Martinez-Vega RA, Fischer F, Chihu L, Ramos-Castañeda J. "Health-related quality of life after dengue fever, Morelos, Mexico, 2016–2017." Emerging Infectious Diseases 26. 4 (2020): 751-755.
  • Shepard DS, Masuda Y. "Digital financial incentives for improved population health in the Americas." Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare. vol. 192 Ed. Chen YW, Zimmermann A, Howlett R, Jain L. Singapore: Springer, 2020. 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5852-8_3.
  • Shepard DS, Zeng W, Mutasa R, Das AK, Sisimayi CN, Shamu S, Banda S, Friedman J. "Cost-effectiveness of results-based financing of maternal-child health services in Zimbabwe: a controlled pre-post study." Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy 4. (2020): 32. doi.org/10.21037/jhmhp-20-84.
  • Shepard DS. "Smart financial incentives to promote cardiovascular health." Journal of Cardiology & Current Research 13. 1 (2020): 11-13, doi: 10.15406/jccr.2020.13.00464.
  • Tiga-Loza DC, Martinez-Vega RA, Undurraga EA, Tschampl C, Shepard DS, Ramos-Castañeda J. "Persistence of symptoms in dengue patients: a clinical cohort study." Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 114. 5 (2020): 355-364.
  • Tschampl CA, Undurraga EA, Ledogar RJ, Coloma J, Legorreta-Soberanis J, Paredes-Solís S, Arosteguí J, Hernández-Álvarez C, Harris E, Andersson N, Shepard DS. "Cost-effectiveness of community mobilization (Camino Verde) for dengue prevention in Nicaragua and Mexico: a cluster randomized controlled trial." International Journal of Infectious Diseases 94. (2020): 59-67.
  • Brady OJ, Carrington L, Hendrickx E, Kharisma D, Laksono IS, O’Reilly K, Shepard DS, Tschampl C, Wilastonegoro NN, Yakob L, Zeng W. "Cost-effectiveness of Wolbachia to reduce dengue burden in major Indonesian cities (poster 823)." Annual Conference of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. National Harbor, MD, USA. 11/22/2019, www.astmh.org/ASTMH/media/2019-Annual-Meeting/ASTMH-2019-Abstract-Book.pdf.
  • Fryzek J, Shepard DS, Prottas J. "RSV: Developing evidence in support of policy." Sanofi Pasteur RSV-US Kickoff Policy Meeting. Swiftwater, PA, USA. Dec. 4, 2019.
  • Gaalema DE, Elliott RJ, Savage PD, Rengo JL, Cutler AY, Pericot-Valverde I, Priest JS, Shepard DS, Higgins ST, Ades PA. "Financial incentives to increase cardiac rehabilitation participation among low-socioeconomic status patients." JACC Heart Failure 7. 7 (2019): 537-546, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2018.12.008.
  • Halasa-Rappel YA, Shepard DS. "Economic evaluation of integrated mosquito control in urban areas." The Economics of Integrated Pest Management of Insects. Ed. Onstad DW, Crain PR. Boston, MA, USA: CAB International, 2019. 14-23, web: styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781786393678/The-Economics-of-Integrated-Pest-Management-of-Insects.
  • Halasa-Rappel YA, Tschampl CA, Foley M, Dellapenna M, Shepard DS. "Broken smiles: The impact of untreated dental caries and missing anterior teeth on employment." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 79. 3 (2019): 231-237.
  • Hariharan D, Das MK, Shepard DS, Arora NK. "Economic burden of dengue illness in India from 2013 to 2016: a systematic analysis." International Journal of Infectious Diseases 84S. (2019): S68-S73, doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.01.010.
  • Lwin AK, Shepard DS, Masuda Y. "Monetary and health benefits from better health data: estimating lives and dollars saved from universal adoption of the Leapfrog safety and quality standards." Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare Systems and Multimedia. vol. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 145 Ed. Chen YW, Zimmermann A, Howlett R, Jain L. Singapore: Springer, 2019. Chapter 3, pp 21-33, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8566-7_3.
  • Masuda Y, Shepard D, Yamamoto S. "Adaptive governance on electronic health record in a digital IT era." Proceedings of the 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2019). Cancun, Mexico:, 2019. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2019/digital_government/digital_government/10/.
  • Masuda Y, Shepard DS, Yamamoto S, Toma T. "Clinical decision-support system with electronic health record: digitization of research in pharma." Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare Systems and Multimedia. vol. Chapter 5 Ed. Chen YW, Zimmermann A, Howlett R, Jain L. Singapore: Springer, 2019. pp 45-57, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8566-7_5.
  • O’Reilly K. Hendrickx E, Kharisma D, Wilstonegoro N, Carrington L, Elyazar I, Kucharski A, Lowe R, Flasche S, Pigott D, Reiner R, Edmunds J, Hay S, Yakob L, Shepard DS, Brady OJ. "Estimating the burden of dengue and the impact of release of wMel Wolbachia infected mosquitoes in Indonesia: a modelling study." BMC Medicine 17. (2019): 172, doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1396-4.
  • Shepard DS. "Benefit-cost analyses of two innovative insect management approaches: Wolbachia and sterile insect technique." Institute of Vector-Borne Disease. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. March 22, 2019.
  • Shepard DS. "Cost-Effectiveness analysis of results-based financing in Zimbabwe: A controlled pre-post study." International Health Economics Association Congress. Basel, Switzerland. 07/15/2019.
  • Shepard DS. "Cost-benefit analysis of sterile insect technique (SIT) to control Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly) in Australia: framework." SIT Plus Technical Advisory and Stakeholder Committees. Shepparton, VIC, Australia. March 13-14, 2019.
  • Shepard DS. "Cost-benefit analysis of sterile insect technique (SIT) to control Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly) in Australia: interim update." Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Canberra, Australia. Feb. 26, 2019.
  • Shepard DS. "Cost-benefit analysis of sterile insect technique to control Queensland fruit fly in Australia: preliminary update." Australian-American Fulbright Program Gala Dinner. Canberra, Australia. Feb. 28, 2019.
  • Shepard DS. "Cost-effectiveness of Wolbachia to reduce dengue in Indonesia." International Health Economics Association Congress. Basel, Switzerland. 07/17/2019.
  • Shepard DS. "Economics of novel approaches to controlling dengue and the Queensland fruit fly." Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine. James Cook University, Cairns, Australia,. April 4, 2019.
  • Shepard DS.. "Benefit-cost analysis of innovative technologies: technical versus economic feasibility." Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). EcoSciences Precinct (Dutton Park), Brisbane, Australia,. April 29, 2019..
  • Shepard DS.. "Economic analysis of second generation of health posts in Rwanda." Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Rwanda Kickoff Meeting. Kigali, Rwanda. 09/10/2019.
  • Wilastonegoro NN, Kharisma DD, Laksanawa IS, Halasa-Rappel YA, Brady OJ, Shepard DS. "Cost of dengue illness in Indonesia: from hospital to non-medical settings (poster 91)." Annual Conference of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. National Harbor, MD, USA. 11/21/2019, https://www.astmh.org/ASTMH/media/2019-Annual-Meeting/ASTMH-2019-Abstract-Book.pdf.
  • Zimon AE, Shepard DS, Prottas J, Rooney KL, Ungerleider J, Halasa-Rappel YA, Sakkas D, Oskowitz SP. "Embryo donation: Survey of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) patients and randomized trial of complimentary counseling." PLoS ONE 14. 8 (2019): e0221149, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221149.
  • Bangert M, Latheef AT, Dev Pant S, Nishan Ahmed I, Saleem S, Nazla Rafeeq F, Abdulla M, Shamah F, Mohamed AJ, Fitzpatrick C, Velayudhan R, Shepard DS. "Economic analysis of dengue prevention and case management in the Maldives." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12. 9 (2018): e0006796.
  • Bowser D, Shepard DS, Nandakumar A, Okunogbe A, Morrill T, Halasa-Rappel Y, Jordan M, Mushi F, Boyce C. "Cost effectiveness of mobile health for antenatal care and facility births in Nigeria." Annals of Global Health 84. 4 (2018): 596-602.
  • Brady O, Carrington L, Hendricx E, Kharisma D, Laksanawati IS, O’Reilly K, Shepard DS, Tschampl C, Wilastonegoro NN, Yakob L, Zeng W. "Cost-effectiveness of Wolbachia when deployed at scale in Indonesia." Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. New Orleans, LA. Oct. 28-Nov 1, 2018, poster LB 5128.
  • Garner BR, Lwin AK, Strickler GK, Hunter BD, Shepard DS.. "Pay-for-performance as a cost-effective implementation strategy: results from a cluster randomized trial." Implementation Science 13. (2018): 92.
  • Shepard DS, Lwin AK, Pulikkottil SI, Kalimuthu M, Arunachalam N, Tyagi BK, White GB. "Cost-effectiveness of integrated vector control for lymphatic filariasis elimination in Tamil Nadu, India (poster 1950)." Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. New Orleans, LA, www.astmh.org/ASTMH/media/Documents/2018-Abstract-Book-FINAL-11-13.pdf. Oct. 28-Nov 1, 2018.
  • Shepard DS, Odumah JU, Awolola ST. "Cost-effectiveness of PBO bed nets versus pyrethroid-only nets in preventing malaria: a field study in Nigeria (poster 1107)." Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://www.astmh.org/ASTMH/media/Documents/2018-Abstract-Book-FINAL-11-13.pdf. New Orleans, LA. Oct. 28-Nov 1, 2018.
  • Shepard DS.. "A health economist’s perspective on dengue burden, costs and research." 3rd Asian Dengue Summit. Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. July 4, 2018.
  • Shepard DS.. "Cost analysis in dengue technology assessment.." Health Technology Assessment Advisory Board Meeting. Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan. September 7, 2018.
  • Shepard DS.. "Cost-effectiveness analysis of results-based financing in Zimbabwe: results from a quasi-experimental study and implications for Indonesia.." USAID-funded Bantu Project,. Manhattan Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. June 28, 2018.
  • Shepard DS.. "Current status of dengue vaccines: challenges and opportunities.." 3rd Asian Dengue Summit. Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. July 6, 2018.
  • Shepard DS.. "Dengue disease burden in the young and old: updates on population-based disease burden of dengue.." 3rd Asian Dengue Summit. Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. July 5, 2018.
  • Shepard DS.. "Economic analysis of scaling up Wolbachia to control dengue in Indonesia.." Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. July 2, 2018.
  • Shetler D, Shepard DS. "Medical respite for persons experiencing homelessness: financial impacts with alternative levels of Medicaid coverage." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 29. 2 (2018): 801-813.
  • Wilastonegoro NN, Kharisma D, Shepard DS. "Cost-effectiveness of Wolbachia when deployed at scale in Indonesia." Centre for Tropical Medicine. Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Nov. 29, 2018 (via video).
  • Zeng W, Guohong L, Haksoon A, Nguyen HTH, Shepard DS, Nair D. "Cost-effectiveness of health systems strengthening interventions in improving maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review." Health Policy & Planning 33. 2 (2018): 283-297.
  • Zeng W, Halasa YA, Durand L, Coudeville L. Shepard DS. "Impact of a non-fatal dengue episode on disability-adjusted life years: A systematic analysis." American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 99. 6 (2018): 1458–1465.
  • Zeng W, Halasa-Rappel YA, Baurin N, Coudeville L, Shepard DS. "Cost-effectiveness of dengue vaccination in ten endemic countries." Vaccine 36. 3 (2018): 413-420.
  • Zeng W, Shepard DS, Nguyen HTH, Chansa C, Das AK, Qamruddin J, Friedman J. 2018,. "Cost-effectiveness analysis of results-based financing in Zambia: Results from a cluster-randomized trial." Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 96. (2018): 760–771.
  • Zeng W, Shepard DS, Rusatira J, Blaakman AP, Nsitou BM. "Evaluation of results-based financing in the Republic of the Congo: a comparison group pre-post study." Health Policy & Planning 33. 3 (2018): 392-400.
  • Zimon AE, Shepard DS, Prottas J, Rooney KL, Ungerleider J, Halasa-Rappel Y, Sakkas D, Oskowitz SP. "Embryo donation by IVF patients: survey and randomized trial of complimentary counseling." Promising Topics in the Future of Frozen Embryo Adoption Programming, Expert Workgroup Meeting. Office of Population Affairs, Washington, DC. Nov. 29, 2018.
  • Ades PA, Keteyian SJ, Wright JS, Hamm LF, Lui K, Newlin K, Shepard DS, Thomas RJ.. "Increasing cardiac rehabilitation participation from 20% to 70%: a road map from the Million Hearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Collaborative." Mayo Clinic Proceedings 92. 2 (2017): 234-242; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.10.014..
  • Darbro J, Halasa Y, Montgomery B, Muller J, Shepard DS, Devine G, Mwebaze P. "An economic analysis of the threats posed by the establishment of Aedes albopictus in Brisbane, Queensland." Ecological Economics 142. (2017): 203–213.
  • Herricks JR, Hotez PJ, Wanga V, Coffeng LE, Haagsma JA, Basanez M-G, Buckle G, Budke CM, Carabin H, Fèvre EM, Fűrst T, Halasa YA, King CH, Murdoch ME, Ramaiah KD, Shepard DS, Stolk WA, Undurraga EA, Stanaway JD, Naghavi M, Murray CL. "The global burden of disease study 2013: What does it mean for the NTDs?." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11. 7 (2017): e0005424.
  • Idrisov B, Murphy SM, Morrill T, Saadoun M, Lunze K, Shepard DS. "Implementation of methadone therapy for opioid use disorder in Russia – A modeled cost-effectiveness analysis." Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 12. 4 (2017).
  • Scanlon S, Shepard DS. "What’s the true price of Trump’s wall and what exactly are taxpayers buying? A cost-benefit analysis." Huffpost (2017): <https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/whats-the-true-price-of-trumps-wall-and-what-exactly_us_59b7e720e4b08f6632c076f6>.
  • Shepard DS, Halasa Y. "Health care cost study at Ministry of Health on costs to insure vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees." UNICEF Stakeholders’ Meeting. Amman, Jordan. May 16, 2017.
  • Shepard DS, Halasa-Rappel YA, Zeng W, Durand L, Coudeville L. "Empirical estimates of disability burden of a symptomatic dengue episode." 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Baltimore, MD. Nov. 6, 2016.
  • Shepard DS, Zeng W, Halasa YA, Durand L, Coudeville L. "Impact of a dengue episode on quality of life or DALYs: systematic review." International Society for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 22nd Annual International Meeting. Boston, MA. May 20, 2017.
  • Shepard DS, Zeng W, Mutasa R, Das A, Sisimayi, Shamu S, Banda S, Nguyen H, Friedman J. "Cost-effectiveness of results-based financing in Zimbabwe: results from a controlled trial." iHEA Biennial World Congress. Boston, MA. July 8, 2017.
  • Shepard DS. Halasa-Rappel YA, Halaseh IA, Fardous T, Jrasat M, Abu-Shaer M. "Cost and financial impact of expanding insurance coverage to vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees." Health Policy Options for His Excellency Professor Mahmoud Sheyab, Minister of Health. Amman, Jordan. Oct. 2, 2017.
  • Shepard DS. "Dengue global/regional economic costs and value of cost effectiveness studies." Eliminate Dengue Health Economics Framework Workshop. Singapore. June 6, 2017.
  • Shepard DS. "Economic burden of dengue in Maldives." Third Advisory Group Meeting on Dengue Burden Estimation, World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. June 28, 2017.
  • Shepard DS. "Toolkit to estimate the economic burden of dengue." Third Advisory Group Meeting on Dengue Burden Estimation, World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. June 29, 2017.
  • Undurraga EA, Edillo FE, Erasmo JNV, Alera MTP, Yoon IK, Largo FM, Shepard DS. "Disease burden of dengue in the Philippines: adjusting for underreporting by comparing active and passive dengue surveillance in Punta Princesa, Cebu City." American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (2017): https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0488.
  • Zeng W, Halasa YA, Cros M, Akhter H, Nandakumar AK, Shepard DS. "Costing essential services package provided by a non-governmental organization network in Bangladesh." Health Policy & Planning 32. 10 (2017): 1375-1385.
  • Zeng W, Halasa-Rappel YA, Coudeville L, Baurin N, Shepard DS. "Cost-effectiveness of dengue vaccination in ten endemic countries." 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Baltimore, MD. Nov. 6, 2017.
  • GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators (include Halasa YA, Shepard DS, Undurraga E). ". Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis." The Lancet 388. (2016): 1459–544. http://thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(16)31012-1.pdf.
  • Mtove G, Mugasa JP, Messenger LA, Malima RC, Mangesho P, Magogo F, Plucinski M, Hashimu R, Matowo J, Shepard DS, Batengana B, Cook J, Emidi B, Halasa Y,...,Kisinza WN. "The effectiveness of non-pyrethroid insecticide-treated durable wall lining to control malaria in rural Tanzania: study protocol for a two-armed cluster randomized trial." BMC Public Health 16. (2016): 633; doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3287-3.
  • Shepard DS, Lwin AK, Barnett NP, Mastroleo N, Colby SM, Gwaltney C, Monti PM. "Cost-effectiveness of motivational intervention with significant others for patients with alcohol misuse." Addiction (2016): doi: 10.1111/add.13233.
  • Shepard DS, Undurraga EA, Halasa YA, Stanaway JD. "The global economic burden of dengue: a systematic analysis." Lancet Infectious Diseases 16. 8 (2016): 935-41. http://dx.doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00146-8 (PMID: 2709109).
  • Shepard, DS; Daley, MC; Neuman, MJ; Blaakman, AP; McKay, JR.. "Telephone-based counseling in substance abuse treatment: Economic analysis of a randomized trial.." Drug and Alcohol Dependence 159. (2016): 109-116.
  • Stanaway JD, Shepard DS, Undurraga EA, Halasa YA, Coffeng LE, Brady OJ, Hay SI, Bedi N, Bensenor IM, Castañeda-Orjuela CA, Wu-Chuang T-W, Gibney KB, Memish ZA, Rafay A, Ukwaja KN, Yonemoto N, Murray CJL.. "The Global Burden of Dengue: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013." Lancet Infectious Diseases (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00026-8; also http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(16)00026-8/abstract and http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473309916000268..
  • Stason WB, Ritter GA, Martin T, Prottas J, Tompkins C, Shepard DS.. "Effects of expanded coverage for chiropractic services on Medicare costs in a CMS demonstration.." PLoS One 11. 2 (2016): e0147959. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147959, web: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0147959.
  • Thalagala N, Tissera H, Palihawadana P, Amarasinghe A, Ambagahawita A, Wilder-Smith A, Shepard DS, Tozan Y.. "Costs of dengue control activities and hospitalizations in the public health sector during an epidemic year in urban Sri Lanka." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10. 2 (2016): e0004466. web: http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004466.
  • Tiga DC, Undurraga EA, Ramos-Castañeda J, Martínez R, Tschampl CA, Shepard DS.. "Persistent symptoms of dengue: Estimates of the incremental disease and economic burden in Mexico.." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 15-0896. (2016).
  • Tschampl CA, Garnick DW, Zuroweste E, Razavi M, Shepard DS.. "Use of transnational services to prevent treatment interruption in tuberculosis-infected persons who leave the United States." Emerging Infectious Diseases 22. 3 (2016): 417-425. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.141971.
  • Undurraga, E.; Halasa, Y.A.; Shepard, D.S.. "Economic analysis of genetically modified mosquito strategies." Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue. Ed. Adelman, Z.N.. Maryland Heights, MO: Elsevier, 2016. 375-408.
  • Edillo, F.; Halasa, Y.; Largo, F.; Erasmo, J. N.; Amoin, N.; Alera, M.T.; Yoon, I.K.; Alcantara, A.; Shepard, D.S.. "Economic cost and burden of dengue in the Philippines." American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 92. 2 (2015): 360-366.
  • Halasa, Y.A.; Zeng, W.; Chappy, E.; Shepard, D.S.. "Value and impact of international hospital accreditation: a case study from Jordan." Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 21. 2 (2015): 90-99.
  • Hotez P.J... Halasa, Y.A.; Shepard, DS; Murray, C.J.L,; Naghavi, M.. "The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases." PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease 8. 7 (2015): e2865, 2014. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002865.
  • Packierisamy PR, Ng C-W, Dahlui M, Inbaraj J, Venugopalan B, Halasa YA, Shepard DS. "The cost of dengue vector control activities in Malaysia." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 93. 5 (2015): 1020-1027; doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0667.
  • Packierisamy PR, Ng C-W, Dahlui M, Venugopalan B, Halasa YA, Shepard DS.. "The cost of dengue vector control activities in Malaysia by different service providers." Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.1177/1010539515589339 aph.sagepub.com.. (2015).
  • Shepard DS, Gurewich D, Lwin AK, Reed GA, Silverman MM. "Suicide and suicidal attempts in the United States: Costs and policy implications." Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviors. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12225. (2015).
  • Shepard, D.S.; Halasa, Y.A., Tyagi, B. K., Adhish, V., Nandan, D., Karthiga, K.S., Chellaswamy, V., Gaba, M., Arora, N.K., INCLEN Study Group.. "Economic and disease burden of dengue illness in India." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91. 6 (2015): 1235-1242.
  • Shepard, D.S;; Halasa, Y.A.; Fonseca, D. M.; Farajollahi, A.; Healy S.P.; Gaugler, R.; Bartlett-Healy, K.; Strickman, D.A.; Clark G.G.. "Economic evaluation of an area-wide integrated pest management program to control the Asian tiger mosquito in New Jersey." PLoS One 9. 10 (2015): e111014; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111014.
  • Tyagi, B.K., Karthiga, S., Vidya, C. Arora, N.K., Nandan, D., Halasa,Y.A., Charles,J., Mohan,N., Varadarajan,P., Mariappan, T., Samuel,P.P., Paramasivan,R., Adhish,S.V., Gaba,M., Porkaipandianh, R. T., Shepard, Donald. "Estimation of the adjustment factor for hospitalized clinical cases diagnosed and tested for dengue in Madurai Tamil Nadu (India).." Dengue Bulletin 38. 1 (2015): 20-32.
  • Undurraga, E.A.; Betancourt-Cravioto, M.; Ramos-Castañeda, J.; Martínez-Vega, R.; Méndez-Galván, J.;; Gubler, D.J.; Guzman, M.G.; Halstead, S.B.; Harris, E.; Kuri-Morales, P.; Tapia-Conyer, R.; Shepard, D.S.. "Economic and disease burden of dengue in Mexico." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9. 3 (2015): e0003547. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003547.
  • Zeng W, Shepard DS, Avila-Figueroa C, Ahn H.. "Resource needs and gap analysis in achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS services: A data envelopment analysis of 45 countries." Health Policy and Planning (2015): doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv109..
  • Halasa, Y.A; Shepard, D.S; Fonseca, D.M; Farajollahi, A; Healy, S; Gaugler, R; Bartlett-Healy, K; Strickman. D; Clark, G.G.. "Quantifying the impact of mosquitoes on quality of life and enjoyment of yard and porch activities in New Jersey." PLoS ONE 9. 3 (2014): e89221.
  • Razavi, M.; Shepard, D.S.; Suaya, J.A.; Stason, W.B.. "Postoperative Staphylococcus Aureus infections in Medicare beneficiaries." PLoS One 9. 11 (2014): e110133. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110133.
  • Razavi, M.; Fournier, S.; Shepard, D.S.; Ritter, G.; Strickler, G.K.; Stason, W.B.. "Effects of lifestyle modification programs on cardiac risk factors." PLoS One 9. 12 (2014): e114772. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114772.
  • Shepard, D.S.; Halasa, Y.A.; Undurraga, E.. "Economic and disease burden of dengue." Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. 2nd ed. Ed. Gubler, D.J., Ooi, E.E., Vasudevan, S., Farrar, J.. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CAB International, 2014. Chapter 3, 50-77.
  • Shepard, D.S.; Undurraga, E.A.; Betancourt-Cravioto, M.; Guzman, M.G.; Halstead, S.B.; Harris, E.; Mudin, R.N.; Murray, K.O.; Tapia-Conyer, R.; Gubler, D.J.. "Approaches to refining estimates of global burden and economics of dengue." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseasees 8. 11 (2014): e3306, doi:10.137/journal.pntd.0003306.
  • Turk-Adawi, K.I; Oldridge, N.B.; Tarima, S.S.; Stason, W.B.; Shepard, D.S.. "Cardiac rehabilitation enrollment among referred patients: patient and organizational factors." Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 34. 2 (2014): :114-122.
  • Zeng, W., Rwiyereka, A.K., Amico, P., Avila-Figueroa, C., Shepard, D.S.. "Efficiency of HIV/AIDS health centers and the effect of community-based health insurance and performance-based financing on HIV/AIDS service delivery in Rwanda." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 90. 4 (2014): 740–746.
  • Ryan, M., Suaya, J., Chapman, J.D., Stason, W.B., Shepard, D.S., Thomas, C.P.. "Incidence and cost of pneumonia in older adults with COPD in the United States." PLoS ONE 8. 10 (2013): e75887.
  • Shepard, D. S., Undurraga, E. A., and Halasa, Y. A.. "Economic and Disease Burden of Dengue in Southeast Asia." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7. 2 (2013): e2055.
  • Turk-Adawi, K.I; Oldridge, N.B.; Tarima, S.S.; Stason, W.B.; Shepard, D.S.. "Cardiac rehabilitation patient and organizational factors: what keeps patients in programs?." Journal of the American Heart Association 2. e (2013): 000418.
  • Tyo, K. R., Gurewich, D., and Shepard, D. S.. "Methodological Challenges of Measuring Primary Care Delivery to Pediatric Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Use Community Health Centers.." American Journal of Public Health 103. (2013): 273-275.
  • Undurraga, E. A., Halasa, Y. A., and Shepard, D. S.. "Use of Expansion Factors to Estimate the Burden of Dengue in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Analysis." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7. 2 (2013): e2056.
  • Zeng, W., Stason, W. B., Fournier, S., Razavi, M., Ritter, G., Strickler, G. K., Bhalotra, S. M., and Shepard, D. S. "Benefits and Costs of Intensive Lifestyle Modification Programs for Symptomatic Coronary Disease in Medicare Beneficiaries.." American Heart Journal 165. 5 (2013): 785-792.
  • Zeng, W.; Stason, W.B.; Fournier, S.; Razavi, M.; Ritter, G.; Strickler, G.K.; Bhalotra, S. M.; Shepard, D.S.. "Benefits and costs of intensive lifestyle modification programs for symptomatic coronary disease in Medicare beneficiaries." American Heart Journal 165. 5 (2013): 785-792.
  • Gurewich, D., Sirkin, J. T., and Shepard, D. S.. "On-Site Provision of Substance Abuse Treatment Services at Community Health Centers." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 42. 4 (2012): 339-345.
  • Halasa, Y. A., Dogra, V., Arora, N., Tyagi, B. K., Nandan, D., and Shepard, D. S.. "Overcoming Data Limitations: Design of a Multi-Component Study for Estimating the Economic Burden of Dengue in India.." Dengue Bulletin 35. (2012): 1-14.
  • Halasa, Y. A., Shepard, D. S., Wittenberg, E., Fonseca, D. M., Farajollahi, A., Healy, S., Gaugler, R., Strickman, D., and Clark, G. G. "Willingness-to-Pay for an Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Program to Control the Asian Tiger Mosquito in New Jersey." Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 28. 3 (2012): 225-236.
  • Halasa, Y. A., Shepard, D. S., and Zeng, W.. "Economic Cost of Dengue in Puerto Rico." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 86. 5 (2012): 745-752.
  • Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Foreman, K., . . . Shepard, D. S., . . . Murray, C.J. L.. "Global and Regional Mortality from 235 Causes of Death for 20 Age Groups in 1990 and 2010: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010." The Lancet 380. 9859 (2012): 2095-2128.
  • Murray, C. J. L., Vos, T., Lozano, R., . . . Shepard, D.S. . . . Lopez, A.D.. "Disability-Adjusted Life Years (Dalys) for 291 Diseases and Injuries in 21 Regions, 1990-2010: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010." The Lancet 380. 9859 (2012): 2197-2223.
  • Shepard, D. S., Undurraga, E., Lees, R., Halasa, Y. A., Lum, L. C. S., and Ng, C.. "Use of Multiple Data Sources to Estimate the Economic Cost of Dengue Illness in Malaysia." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 87. 5 (2012): 796-805.
  • Shepard, D. S., Zeng, W., Amico, P., Rwiyereka, A. K., and Avila-Figueroa, C.. "A Controlled Study of Funding for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome as Resource Capacity Building in the Health System in Rwanda.." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 86. 5 (2012): 902-907.
  • Shepard, D. S., Zeng, W., Strickler, G. K., Lwin, A. K., Cros, M. J., and Garner, B. R.. "he Brief Treatment Cost Analysis Tool (Tcat-Lite) for Substance Abuse Treatment: Reliability and Application." Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 30. 4 (2012): 377-396.
  • Thomas, C. P., Ryan, M., Chapman, J. D., Stason, W. B., Tompkins, C. P., Suaya, J. A., Polsky, D., Mannino, D. M., and Shepard, D. S.. "Incidence and Cost of Pneumonia in Medicare Beneficiaries." Chest 142. 4 (2012): 973-981.
  • Vos, T., Flaxman, A. D., Naghavi, M., . . . Shepard, D.S., . . . Murray, C.J. L.. "Years Lived with Disability (Ylds) for 1160 Sequelae of 289 Diseases and Injuries 1990-2010: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.." The Lancet 380. 9859 (2012): 2163-2196.
  • Zeng, W., Cros, M., Wright, K. D., and Shepard, D. S.. "Impact of Performance-Based Financing on Primary Health Care Services in Haiti." Health Policy and Planning (2012): 1-10.
  • Zeng, W., Shepard, D. S., Chilingerian, J., and Avila-Figueroa, C. "How Much Can We Gain from Improved Efficiency? An Examination of Performance of National HIVAIDS Programs and Its Determinants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.." BMC Health Services Research 12. 1 (2012): 74.
  • Beatty, M.E., Beutels, P., Meltzer, M.I, Shepard, D.S, Hombach, J, Hutubessy, R., Dessis, D., Coudeville, L., Dervaux, B., Wichmann, O., Margolis, H.S., Kuritsky, J.N. . "Health economics of dengue: a systematic literature review and expert panel's assessment." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 84. 3 (2011): 473-488.
  • Carrasco, L. R., Lee, L. K., Lee, V. J., Ooi, E. E., Shepard, D. S., Thein, T. L., Gan, V., Cook, A. R., Lye, D., Ng, L. C., Leo, Y. S.. "Economic impact of dengue illness and the cost-effectiveness of future vaccination programs in Singapore." PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5. 12 (2011): e1426.
  • Daley, M., Shepard, D.S., Reif, S., Dunigan, R., Tompkins, C., Perloff, J., Siembab, L., Horgan, C.M.. "Randomized trial of enhanced profiling in the public sector." Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services 38. 2 (2011): 96-104.
  • Gurewich, D., Tyo, K. R., Zhu, J., Shepard, D. S.. "Comparative performance of community health centers and other usual sources of primary care." J Ambul Care Manage 34. 4 (2011): 380-90.
  • Helfand, M., Tunis, S., Whitlock, E. P., Pauker, S. G., Basu, A., Chilingerian, J., Harrell, F. E., Jr., Meltzer, D. O., Montori, V. M., Shepard, D. S., Kent, D. M.. "A CTSA agenda to advance methods for comparative effectiveness research." Clinical and Transitional Science 4. 3 (2011): 188-98.
  • Lam, S. K., Burke, D., Capeding, M. R., Chong, C. K., Coudeville, L., Farrar, J., Gubler, D., Hadinegoro, S. R., Hanna, J., Lang, J., Lee, H. L., Leo, Y. S., Luong, C. Q., Mahoney, R., McBride, J., Mendez-Galvan, J., Ng, L. C., Nimmannitya, S., Ooi, E.. "Preparing for introduction of a dengue vaccine: recommendations from the 1st Dengue v2V Asia-Pacific Meeting." Vaccine 29. 51 (2011): 9417-22.
  • Martelli, C. M., Nascimento, N. E., Suaya, J. A., Siqueira, J. B., Jr., Souza, W. V., Turchi, M. D., Guilarde, A. O., Peres, J. B., Jr., Shepard, D. S.. "Quality of life among adults with confirmed dengue in Brazil." Am J Trop Med Hyg 85. 4 (2011): 732-8.
  • Petersen, C.P.; Shepard, D; Daley, M.; Love, C.; Hall, F.; White, F.. "The cost-effectiveness of prison-based drug treatment." Corrections Compendium 36. 4 (2011): 1-6.
  • Shepard, D.S., Coudeville, L., Halasa, Y., Zambrano, B., Dayan, G. H.. "Cost of dengue in the Americas." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 84. (2: (2011): 200-207.
  • Tyo, K. R., Rosen, M. M., Zeng, W., Yap, M., Pwee, K. H., Ang, L. W., Shepard, D. S.. "Cost-effectiveness of conjugate pneumococcal vaccination in Singapore: comparing estimates for 7-valent, 10-valent, and 13-valent vaccines." Vaccine 29. 38 (2011): 6686-94.
  • Asiimwe, A., Rwiyereka, A.K., Kaufman, J.A., Shepard, D.S.. "AIDS funds: Rwanda (letter)." Science 330. Oct 8 (2010): 176.
  • Daley, M., Shepard, D.S., Reif, S., Dunigan, R., Tompkins, C., Perloff, J., Siembab, L., Horgan, C.M.. "Evaluation of provider profiling in the public sector." Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 28. 4 (2010): 376-390.
  • Garner, B.R., Godley, S.H., Dennis, M.L., Godley, M.D., Shepard, D.S.. "The Reinforcing Therapist Performance (RTP) experiment: Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial." Implementation Science 5. 5 (2010).
  • Shepard, D.S., Amico, P., Zeng, W., Rwiyereka, A.K.. "Is HIV funding strengthening the health system? A quasi-experimental study in Rwanda." XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, AIDS2010 Conference, Session MOAE0102. Abstract: http://pag.aids2010.org/Abstracts.aspx?SID=619&AID=15569; Audio and slides, English: http://pag.aids2010.org/flash/?pid=112414; Audio and slides, Russian: http://pag.aids2010.org/flash/flash.aspx?pid=112414&lang=2, July 18-23, 2010.
  • Shepard, D.S., Suaya, J.A.. "Cost-effectiveness of a dengue vaccine in Southeast Asia and Panama: preliminary estimates." Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures. Ed. Preedy, V. R., Watson, R. R.. New York: Springer, 2010. 1281-1296.
  • Shepard, D.S.. Lifestyle Modification to Control Heart Disease: Evidence and Policy. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2010.
  • Stason, W.B., Razavi, M., Jacobs, D.S., Shepard, D.S., Suaya, J.A., Johns, L., Rosenthal, P.. "Clinical benefits of the Boston ocular surface prosthesis." American Journal of Ophthalmology 149. 1 (2010): 54-61.
  • Suaya, J.A., Shepard, D.S., Beatty, M., Farrar, J.. "Disease burden of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever." Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures. Ed. Preedy, V. R., Watson, R. R.. New York: Springer, 2010. 1263-1279.
  • Wolfe D;, Carrieri, M.P., Shepard, D.S.. "Treatment and care for injecting drug users with HIV infection: a review of barriers and ways forward." The Lancet 376. 9738 (2010): 355-366.
  • Wolfe, D, Carrieri, M P, Shepard, D S. "Treatment and care for injecting drug users with HIV infection: a review of barriers and ways forward." The Lancet 376. 9738 (2010): 355-366.
  • Bhalotra, S., Shepard, D.S. "Recruitment into Lifestyle Modification Programs: a Cross-Atlantic Perspective." The Future of UK Health: Burdens, Challenges and Opportunities. Ed. Morris, Z.. Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, Ltd., 2009. 207-229.
  • Flynn, P.M., Broome, K.M., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Knight, D.K., Horgan, C.M., Shepard, D.S.. "Treatment Cost Analysis Tool (TCAT) for estimating costs of outpatient treatment services." Drug and Alcohol Dependence 100. 1 (2009): 47-53.
  • Lee, A. J.; Shepard, D.S. "Costs of cardiac rehabilitation and enhanced lifestyle modification programs." Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 29. (2009): 348-57.
  • Rwiyereka, A.K.; Shepard, D. S., Humuza, J. Wu-Zeng,. Avila-Figueroa; C.. "Costing model of a national AIDS program: Application to Rwanda.." Rwanda Medical Journal September (2009).
  • Shepard, D S, Razavi, M, Stason, W B, Jacobs, D S, Suaya, J A, Cohen, M, Rosenthal, P. "Economic appraisal of the Boston ocular surface prosthesis." American Journal of Ophthalmology 148. 6 (2009): 860-868.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A. , Kanyange, A.R.. "Case Studies on Community-Based Insurance in Rwanda." Rwanda Medical Journal September (2009).
  • Shepard, D.S., Stason, W.B., Strickler, G.K., Lee, A.J., Bhalotra, S., Ritter, G., Suaya, J.A., Gurewich, D., Fournier, S., Zeng, W., Razavi, S.M., Hurley, C.L. Evaluation of Lifestyle Modification and Cardiac Rehabilitation in Medicare Beneficiaries. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Baltimore, MD: 2009.
  • Shepard, D.S., Suaya, J.A.. "Economic evaluation of dengue prevention." Economic Evaluation in Child Health. Ed. Ungar, W. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 225-237.
  • Suaya, J. A., Shepard, D.S., Siqueira, J.B., Martelli, C.T., Lum, L.C.S., Tan, L.H., Kongsin, S,, Jiamton, S., Garrido, F., Montoya, R., Armien, B., Huy, R., Castillo, L., Caram, M., Sah, B.K., Sughayyar, R., Tyo, K.R., Halstead, S.B. . "Cost of dengue cases in eight countries in the Americas and Asia: a prospective study." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 80. 5 (2009): 846-855.
  • Suaya, J.A., Stason, W.B., Ades, P., Normand, S.-L.T., Shepard, D.S. "Cardiac rehabilitation and survival in older coronary patients." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 54. (2009): 25-33.
  • Armien, B., Suaya, J.A., Quiroz, E., Sah, B., Bayard, V., Marchena, L., Campos, C., Shepard, D.S.. "Clinical characteristics and national economic cost of the 2005 dengue epidemic in Panama." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 79. 3 (2008): 364-371.
  • Gurewich, D., Prottas, J., Bhalotra, S.M., Suaya, J.A., Shepard, D. S.. "System level factors and use of cardiac rehabilitation." Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 28. 6 (2008): 280-285.
  • Lum, L.C.S., Suaya, J.A., Lian H.T., Sah, B.K., Shepard, D.S.. "Quality of life of dengue patients." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 78. 6 (2008): 862-867.
  • Beaston-Blaakman, A., Shepard, D.S., Horgan, C., Ritter, G.. "Organizational and client determinations of cost in outpatient substance abuse treatment." The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 10. 1 (2007): 3-13.
  • Beaston-Blaakman, A., Shepard, D.S., Stone, N., Shevitz, A.H.. "Cost-effectiveness of clinical interventions for AIDS wasting." AIDS Care 19. 8 (2007): 996-1001.
  • Halstead, S.H., Suaya, J.A., Shepard, D.S.. "The burden of dengue infection." The Lancet 369. (April 28) (2007): 1410-1411.
  • Lee, A.J., Strickler, G.K., Shepard, D.S.. "The Economics of Cardiac Rehabilitation: a Review of Literature." Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 27. 3 (2007): 135-142.
  • Suaya, J.A., Shepard, D.S., Beatty, M.E.. "Dengue burden of disease and cost of illness, Working paper 3.2." Report of the Scientific Working Group meeting on Dengue, Geneva, 1-5 October 2006 (TDR/SWG/07). Ed. Kroger, A. Geneva, Switzerland: Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, 2007
  • Suaya, J.A., Shepard, D.S., Chang, M-S., Caram, M., Hoyer, S., Socheat, D., Chantha, N., Nathan, M.B.. "Cost-effectiveness of annual targeted larviciding campaigns in Cambodia against the dengue vector Aedes aegypti.." Tropical Medicine and International Health 12. 9 (2007): 1026-1036.
  • Yeom, H.S.; Shepard, D.S.. "Cost-effectiveness of mixed-gender aftercare program for substance abuse: decomposing measured and unmeasured gender differences.." The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 10. 4 (2007): 207-219.
  • Beinecke, R.H., Shepard, D.S., Hurley, C.L.. "Guest Editors' Introduction: Implementing Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices and Performance Measures in Massachusetts.." Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research 33. 6 (2006): 623-628.
  • Bernstein, J. , Bernstein, E., Shepard, D.S., Valentine, A., Heeren, T. , Winter, M. , Levenson, S. , Beaston-Blaakman, A. , Tassiopoulos, K., Hingson, R.. "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health and Health Care Lessons from an Inner-City Patient Population Actively Using Heroin and Cocaine." Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5. 2 (2006): 35-50.
  • Hall, W., Doran, C., Degenhardt, L., Shepard, D.S.. "Illicit Opiate Abuse." Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. Ed. Jamison, D. , et al.. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 907-932.
  • Kanyange, A R., Thrivikraman, J., Shepard, D.S. , Bail, R.N. , Kagubare, J.. "Managing Antiretroviral Treatment with a National Communication Network in Rwanda: Evaluative Framework and Impacts of TRACnet." Rwanda Medical Journal 65. 1 (2006): 10-14.
  • Shepard, D.S. , Calabro, J.A.B. , Love, C.T., McKay, J.R. , Tetreault, J., Yeom, H.S.. "Counselor Incentives to Improve Client Retention in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Aftercare Program." Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research 33. 6 (2006): 629-635.
  • Shepard, D.S. , Calabro, J.A.B. , Love, C.T., McKay, J.R. , Tetreault, J., Yeom, H.S.. "Counselor Incentives to Improve Client Retention in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Aftercare Program." Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research 33. 6 (2006): 629-635.
  • Thrivikraman, J. , Shepard, D.S. , Bail, R.N. , Kagubare, J. , Kanyange, A.R.. "Managing Antiviral Treatment with a National communications network in Rwanda: Costs, Enhancements, and Sustainability of TRACnet." Rwanda Medical Journal 65. 1 (2006): 15-22.
  • Daley, M., Shepard, D.S., Bury-Maynard, D.. "Changes in Quality of Life for Pregnant Women in Substance User Treatment: Developing a Quality of Life Index for the Addictions.." Substance Use & Misuse 40. 3 (2005): 375-94.
  • McKay, J.R. , Lynch, K.G. , Shepard, D.S. , Pettinati, H.M.. "The Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence: 24-Month Outcomes.." Archives of General Psychiatry 62. 2 (2005): 199-207.
  • McKay, J.R., Lynch, K.G. , Shepard, D.S. , Morgenstern, J. , Forman, R.F. , Pettinati, H.M.. "Do Patient Characteristics and Initial Progress in Treatment Moderate the Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Substance Use Disorders?." Addiction 100. 2 (2005): 216-226.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beinecke, R. H. , Daley, M., Guest Editors,. "Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32. 4 (2005): 311-476.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beinecke, R.H., Daley, M., Hurley, C.. "Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32. 4 (2005): 311-319.
  • Shepard, D.S., Strickler, G.K. , McAuliffe, W.E., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Rahman, M., Anderson, T.E.. "Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32. 4 (2005): 403-426.
  • Shevitz, A.H., Wilson, I.B. , McDermott, A.Y., Spiegelman, D., Skinner, S.C., Antonsson, K., Layne, J.E., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Shepard, D.S., Gorbach, S.L.. "A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting." Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38. 4 (2005): 399-406.
  • Daley, M., Love, C.T., Shepard, D.S., Peterson, C.B., White, K.T., Hall, F.. "Cost-Effectiveness of Connecticut's In-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment." Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 39. 3 (2004): 69-92.
  • Hodgkin, D., Shepard, D.S., Anthony, Y.E., Strickler, G.K.. "A Publicly Managed Substance Abuse Carve-out: Effects on Spending and Utilization." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31. 3 (2004): 197-217.
  • Jacobs, E.A. , Shepard, D.S., Suaya, J.A., Stone, E.L.. "Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs and Benefits of Interpreter Services.." American Journal of Public Health 94. 5 (2004): 866-869.
  • Janssen, I., Shepard, D.S., Katzmarzyk, P.T., Roubenoff, R.. "The Healthcare Costs of Sarcopenia in the United States." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 52. 1 (2004): 80-85.
  • Shepard, D.S., Reif, S.. "The Value of Vocational Rehabilitation in Substance Abuse Treatment: A Cost-Effectiveness Framework." Substance Use & Misuse 39. 13 &14 (2004): 2581-2609.
  • Shepard, D.S., Suaya, J.A., Halstead, S.B., Nathan, M.B., Gubler, D.J., Mahoney, R.T., Wang, D.N., Meltzer, M.I.. "Cost-Effectiveness of a Pediatric Dengue Vaccine." Vaccine 22. 9-10 (2004): 1275-1280.
  • McKay, J. R., Lynch, K.G., Pettinati, H.M., Shepard, D.S.. "An Examination of Potential Sex and Race Effects in a Study of Continuing Care for Alcohol- and Cocaine-Dependent Patients." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27. 8 (2003): 1321-1323.
  • Shepard, D.S., Bail, R.N., Merritt, C.G.. "Cost-Effectiveness of USAID's Regional Program for Family Planning in West Africa." Studies in Family Planning 34. 2 (2003): 117-126.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Horgan, C.M.. The ADSS Cost Study: Costs of Substance Abuse Treatment in the Specialty Sector.. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies (Analytic Series: A-20), DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3762. Rockville, MD: 2003.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beinecke, R.H., Reif, S., Cavanaugh, D.A.. "Effect of a Managed Care Carve Out on Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts: the Providers' Perspective." Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 21. 1 (2003): 63-78.
  • Beinecke, R.H., Shepard, D.S., Leung, M., Sousa, D.. "Evaluation of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 8." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 30. 2 (2002): 141-157.
  • Hodgkin, D., Shepard, D.S., Beinecke, R.H.. "Management of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment by Medical Plans: Michigan Providers' Experience." Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 20. 1 (2002): 79-96.
  • Horgan, C.M. , Lee, M.T., Reif, S. , Ritter, G. , Shepard, D.S.. Drug Abuse Treatment under Managed Care. Poster Presentation. Proc. of Abstracts, XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain,. 2002.
  • Magura, S., Horgan, C.M., Mertens, J.R., Shepard, D.S.. "Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment." Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26. 3 (2002): 416-422.
  • Ritter, G., Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Reif, S., Horgan, C.M.. Are Incentive Payments Cost-Effective in Surveying a Hard-to-interview Population: the Experience in ADSS. Proc. of 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. 2002.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Horgan, C.M.. Determinants of Cost of Substance Abuse Treatment. Proc. of 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. 2002.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A.. Phase II Final Technical Report. Spending Estimates Reconciliation Project. Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2002.
  • Shepard, D.S., Daley, M., Beinecke, R.H., Hodgkin, D., Ritter, G.. Impact of a Carve Out on the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Proc. of 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. 2002.
  • Shepard, D.S., Daley, M., Ritter, G., Hodgkin, D., Beinecke, R.H.. "Managed Care and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment.." The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5. 4 (2002): 163-174.
  • Shepard, D.S., Neighbors, C.J., Lloyd-Richardson, E.E., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Farrell, N., Niaura, R.S., Monduzzi Editore. Assessing Costs and Time of Counseling Services for HIV+ Patients.. Proc. of XIV International AIDS Conference. Barcelona, Spain: International Proceedings Division, 2002.
  • Shepard, D.S., Shevitz, A., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Stone, N.. Cost-Effectiveness of Nutritional Counseling, Oxandrolone, and Strength Training for AIDS Wasting.. Proc. of Abstracts, XIV International AIDS Conference. Barcelona, Spain: 2002.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "Evidence-Based Public Health (Commentary): Integrated Medical and Substance Abuse Treatment Increases Abstinence Rates for People with Substance Abuse-Related Medical Condition." Evidence-Based Healthcare 6. 2 (2002): 51-52.
  • Beinecke, R.H., Shepard, D.S., Tetreault, J., Hodgkin, D., Marckres, J.. "Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28. 6 (2001): 443-457.
  • Daley, M., Argeriou, M., McCarty, D., Callahan, J.J., Jr., Shepard, D.S., Williams, C.N.. "The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33. 1 (2001): 57-66.
  • Hilton, M.E., Maisto, S.A., Conigliaro, J., McNeil, M., Kraemer, K., Kelley, M.E., Conigliaro, R., Samet, J.H., Larson, M.J., Savetsky, J., Winter, M., Sullivan, L.M., Saitz, R., Weisner, C., Mertens, J., Parthasarathy, S., Moore, C., Hunkler, E., Hu, . Improving Alcoholism Treatment Across the Spectrum of Services. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
  • Shepard, D.S., Daley, M., Ritter, G., Hodgkin, D., Beinecke, R.H.. "Effects of a Statewide Carve-Out on Spending and Access to Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts, 1992 -1996.." Health Services Research 36. 6 (2001): Part II: 32-44.
  • Shepard, D.S., McKay, J., Love, C., Strickler, G., Bury-Maynard, D.P., Yeom H.S., Constantine, R., Calabro, J.. Cost-Effectiveness of Aftercare in Drug Abuse Treatment. Proc. of In: Abstract Book, York, International Health Economics Association (iHEA). York, United Kingdom: University of York: 2001.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "Public-Private Collaborations in Health Care: Lessons from India." International Journal for Quality in Health Care 13. 4 (2001): 277-278.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "The Employer's Perspective - Editorial." American Journal of Managed Care 7. 1 (2001): 85-86.
  • Daley, M., Argeriou, M., McCarty, D., Callahan, J.J., Jr., Shepard, D.S., Williams, C.N.. "The Costs of Crime and the Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 19. 4 (2000): 445-458.
  • Shepard, D.S., Hodgkin, D., Anthony, Y.E., World Health Organization,. Analysis of Hospital Costs: a Manual for Managers. Geneva: World Health Organization - WHO, 2000.
  • McKay, J.R., Alterman, A.I., Cacciola, J.S., O'Brien, C.P., Koppenhaver, J.M., Shepard, D.S.. "Continuing Care for Cocaine Dependence: Comprehensive 2-year Outcomes." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 67. 3 (1999): 420-427.
  • Ramos-Gomez, F.J., Shepard, D.S.. "Cost-Effectiveness Model for Prevention of Early Childhood Caries." Journal of the California Dental Association 27. 7 (1999): 539-544.
  • Shepard, D.S., Anthony, Y.E., Lalta, S., Davis, K., McNaught, A.. "Health Reform in Jamaica: Progress in the Hospital Sector." Caribbean Health 8. 1 (1999): 12-13.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Bennett, R.B.. Cost of Substance Abuse Treatment: A National Probability Sample. Proc. of In: Abstracts. 16th Annual Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research,. Chicago, Il: 1999.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A.. The Substance Abuse Treatment System. What does treatment cost? Cost study methods in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS). Proc. of In: Abstracts, 127th Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Public Health Association. Chicago, IL: 1999.
  • Shepard, D.S., Huiguang, T,. Cost-Effectiveness of Community-based Control of Non-Communicable Disease.. Proc. of In: Program, International Conference on Socio-Cultural and Policy Dimensions of Health Care,. Singapore: 1999.
  • Shepard, D.S., Larson, M.J., Hoffmann, N.G.. "Cost-Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Services: Implications for Public Policy." Psychiatric Clinics of North America 22. 2 (1999): 385-400.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "Book Review: Review of Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine.." Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 2. 2 (1999): 91-92.
  • Callahan, J.J., Jr., Shepard, D.S., Beinecke, R.H., Larson, M.J., Cavanaugh, D.. "Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience." Humane Managed Care. Ed. Schamess, G., Lightburn, A.. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 1998. 134-144..
  • Kongsin, S., Cameron, C.S.M., Suebsaeng, L., Shepard, D.S.. "Levels and Determinants of Expenditure on HIV/AIDS in Thailand.." Confronting AIDS: Evidence from the Developing World. Ed. Ainsworth, M., Fransen, L, Over, M. Brussels: European Commission, 1998. Chapter 12F, 297-305.
  • Schulman, S., Brunton, S., Shepard, D.S., Jacobs, R.P., Gerstenblith, G., Wilson, M., Wagner, S.L.. "The Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) Study: Implications for Hypertension Management and the J-Shape Curve." American Journal of Managed Care 4. 12 (1998): S733-S740.
  • Shepard, D.S., Anthony, Y.E., McNaught, A., Davis, K.. Evaluation of Health Sector Initiatives Program. Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University. Kingston, Jamaica: 1998.
  • Shepard, D.S., Hodgkin, D., Cavanaugh, D., Beinecke, R.H.. Contrasting Systems of Managed Care for Behavioral Health under Medicaid.. Proc. of Abstracts, 126th Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Public Health Association. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, Session 2236, 1998.
  • Shepard, D.S., Hodgkin, D., Wilson, M., Messerli, F.H. , Jacobs, R.P., Brunton, S. , Wagner, S.L.. "Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension." American Journal of Managed Care 4. 12 (Supplement) (1998): S765-S770.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis)." International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10. 2 (1998): 169.
  • Shepard, D.S.. Economic Analysis of Antiretroviral Therapy in Botswana. Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University. Gaborone, Botswana: 1998.
  • Shepard, Donald, with M.Phillips, S. Lerman, R.A. Cash. Assessing Costs for Cost-effectiveness Analysis. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998.
  • Tibandebage, P. , Wangwe, S. , Mujinja, P. , Bail, R.N. , Shepard, D.S.. "Expenditures on HIV/AIDS in Tanzania." Confronting AIDS: Evidence from the Developing World. Ed. Ainsworth, M., Fransen, L., Over, M.. Brussels: European Commission, 1998. Chapter 12E, 289-296.
  • Zwick, W.R. , Larson, M. , Stout, R. , Zywiak, W., Shepard, D.S. , Feldman, J. , Rubin, A.. "Medical Utilization Based Opportunities for Early Case Identification of Alcohol Abuse/Dependence." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 22. 3 (1998): 43A.
  • Barona, B.Z., Becerra V.H., Robertson, R.L., Shepard, D.S.. "Costos de un programa de atención primaria de salud basado en voluntarias." Colombia Medica 28. 2 (1997): 85-91.
  • Beinecke, R.H., Shepard, D.S., Goodman, M., Rivera, M.. "Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24. 3 (1997): 205-220.
  • Beinecke, R.H., Shepard, D.S., Reif, S.. The Mich-Mass Massachusetts Medicaid Alcohol Provider Survey: Year One. Proc. of Abstracts, 125th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Indianapolis, IN: 1997.
  • Larson, M.J., Shepard, D.S., Zwick, W., Stout, R.L.. "Validity of Health Care Reporting Systems." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21. 3 (1997): 36A.
  • Robertson, R.L., Barona, B.Z., Becerra, V.H., Shepard, D.S., Becerra, J., Bongiovanni, A., Essayan, V.. "Un programa de atención primaria en salud basado en voluntarias en Cali: Metas vs. realidades." Colombia Médica 28. 4 (1997): 167-176.
  • Shepard, D.S. .. "The Cost of AIDS." World Health 50. 5 (1997): 20-21.
  • Shepard, D.S., Bury Maynard, D.. Empirically-Based Assignment of Clients to Alternative Substance Abuse Treatments: an Application of Multivariate Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Conference Abstract. Proc. of 124th Annual Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research. Chicago, IL: Association for Health Services Research, 1997.
  • Shepard, D.S., Larson, M.J., Legros, N., Stout, R.L.. "Health Costs of Alcohol Patients in a HMO." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21. 3 (1997): 36A.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "Expenditures on AIDS in Developing Countries: Patterns and Implications - Editorial." AIDS Targeted Information 11. (1997): R103-R105.
  • Beinecke, R.H., Callahan, J.J., Jr., Shepard, D.S., Cavanaugh, D.A., Larson, M.J.. "The Massachusetts Mental Health Substance Abuse Managed Care Program: The Providers' View." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23. 5 (1996): 379-391.
  • Cameron, C.S.M., Shepard, D.S., Mulwa, J.. "Caring for Persons with AIDS (PWA) in Botswana: Is Home-Based Care the Answer?." AIDS in the World. vol. 2 Ed. Mann, J., Tarantola, D.J.M.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 405-407.
  • Callahan, J.J. Jr, Shepard, D.S., Beinecke, R.H., Larson, M.J., Cavanaugh, D.. " Mental health/substance abuse treatment in managed care: the Massachusetts Medicaid experience.." Health Affairs 14. 3 (1995): 173-184.
  • Shepard, D.S., Stason, W.B, Perry, H.M., Carmen, B.A., Nagurney J.T.. "Multivariate cost-effectiveness analysis: an application to optimizing ambulatory care for hypertension." Inquiry 32. 3 (1995): 320-331.
  • Shepard, D.S., Walsh, J.A., Kleinau, E., Stansfield, S., Bhalotra, S.. "Setting priorities for the Children's Vaccine Initiative: a cost-effectiveness approach.." Vaccine 13. 8 (1995): 707-714.
  • Callahan, J.J., Jr., Shepard, D.S., Beinecke, R.H., Larson M.J., Cavanaugh, D.. Evaluation of the Massachusetts Medicaid Mental Health/Substance Abuse Program. Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 1994.
  • Kouri, Y.H., Shepard, D.S., Borras, F., Sotomayor, J., Gellert, G.A.. "Improving the cost-effectiveness of AIDS health care in San Juan, Puerto Rico." Lancet 337.. June 8 (1991): 1397-99.
  • Shepard, D.S. Editor.. "Economic impact of malaria in Africa." Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 42 (3,Supplement I). (1991): 197-224.
  • Shepard, D.S., Vian, T., Kleinau, E.F.. Health insurance in Zaire. Policy Research and External Affairs Working Paper WPS 489.. The World Bank, Africa Technical Department. Washington, DC: 1990.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "Cost of AIDS in a developing area: Indirect and direct cost of AIDS in Puerto Rico.." Economic Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection. Ed. Schwefel, D., et al.. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990. 226-237.
  • Phillips, M., Shepard, D.S., Lerman, S., Cash, R.A.. Assessing costs for cost-effectiveness analysis. Geneva, Switzerland: Program for Control of Diarrheal Diseases, World Health Organization, 1988.
  • Shepard, D.S., Sanoh, L., Coffi, E.. "Cost-effectiveness of the Expanded Programme on Immunization in the Ivory Coast: a preliminary assessment." Social Science and Medicine 22. 3 (1986): 369-377.
  • Simberkoff, M.S., Cross, A.P., Al-Ibrahim, M., Baltch, A.L., Geiseler, P.J., Nadler, J., Richmond, A.S., Smith, R.P., Schiffman, G., Shepard, D.S., and VanEeckhout, J.P. .. "Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine in high-risk patients." New England Journal of Medicine 315. (1986): 1318-1327.
  • Lerman, S.J., Shepard, D.S., Cash, R.A.. "Treatment of diarrhea in Indonesian children: what it costs and who pays for it." Lancet 2. (1985): 651-654.
  • Shepard, D.S., Pearlman, L.. "Healthy habits that pay off." Business and Health 2. 4 (1985): 37-41.
  • Shepard, D.S. and Zeckhauser, R.J.. "Survival versus consumption." Management Science 30. 4 (1984): 423-439.
  • Shepard, D.S., Karon, S.L.. The Market for Wheelchairs: Innovations and Federal Policy, (Health Technology Case Study 30), OTA-HCS-30. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. Washington, D.C.: 1984.
  • Shepard, D.S., Finison, L.J. .. "Blood pressure reductions: correcting for regression to the mean." Preventive Medicine 12. 2 (1983): 304-317.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "Estimating the effect of hospital closure on area wide inpatient hospital costs: a preliminary model and application." Health Services Research 18. 4 (1983): 513-549.
  • Steinberg, E.S. , Shepard, D.S.. " Lead ? is it carcinogenic?." Public Health Reviews 11. (1983): 177-192.
  • Kaufman, S.L., Shepard, D.S.. "Costs of neonatal intensive care by day of stay." Inquiry 19. 2 (1982): 167-178.
  • Shepard, D.S. (Authorship not printed.) .. "Expanded Programme on Immunization: cost-effectiveness." Weekly Epidemiologic Record 57. 22 (1982): 170-173.
  • Shepard, D.S., Soule, D.N.. "Estimating hospital costs by diagnosis for population-based analysis." Journal of Community Health 7. 1 (1981): 2-20.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "Reliability of blood pressure measurements: implications for designing and evaluating programs to control hypertension." Journal of Chronic Diseases 34. 5 (1981): 191-209.
  • Pliskin, J.S., Shepard, D.S., Weinstein, M.C.. "Utility functions for life years and health status." Operations Research 28. 1 (1980): 206-224.
  • Shepard, D.S., Zeckhauser, R.J.. "Long term effects of interventions to improve survival in mixed populations." Journal of Chronic Diseases 33. 7 (1980): 413-433.
  • Weinstein, M.C., Shepard, D.S., Pliskin, J.S.. "The economic value of changing mortality probabilities: a decision-theoretic approach." Quarterly Journal of Economics 94. 2 (1980): 373-396.
  • Shepard, D.S., Thompson, M.S.. "First principles of cost-effectiveness analysis in health." Public Health Reports 94. 6 (1979): 535-543.
  • Shepard, D.S. , Neutra, R.. "A pitfall in sampling medical visits." American Journal of Public Health 67. 8 (1977): 743-750.
  • Shepard, D.S.. Prediction and Incentives in Health Care Policy. Diss. Harvard University, Ann Arbor: Xerox University Microfilms (#77-11744): John F. Kennedy School of Government and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1977.
  • Shepard, D.S. , Ghanotakis, A.J.. Reports of the Massachusetts Funds Flow Project. National Technical Information Service. Springfield, VA: 1976.
  • Shepard, D.S. , Moseley, T.A.E.. "Mailed versus telephoned appointment reminders to reduce broken appointments in a hospital outpatient department." Medical Care 14. 3 (1976): 268-273.
  • Zeckhauser, R.J. , Shepard, D.S.. "Where now for saving lives?." Law and Contemporary Problems 40. 4 (1976): 5-45.
  • Kinyanjui, K., Shepard, D.S.. "Unemployment among secondary school leavers in Kenya." East Africa Journal 9. 8 (1972): 25-28.
  • Shepard, D.S.. "A load-shifting model for air pollution control in the electric power industry.." Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association 20. 11 (1970): 756-761.