Evan V. Goldstein, PhD, MPP

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments: Population Health Sciences - Assistant Professor

Divisions: Health System Innovation and Research

Academic Office Information

Evan.Goldstein@hsc.utah.edu

(801) 213-2172

Williams Building

295 Chipeta Way, Room: 1N 502
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Research Interests

  • Firearms
  • Health Policy
  • Health Services Research
  • Suicide
  • Health Disparities
  • Social Determinants of Health

Education History

Doctoral Training Ohio State University
Health Policy & Management; Minor Cognate: Political Economy 		Ph.D.
Graduate Training University of Cambridge, Queens’ College
Public Policy 		M.P.P.
Undergraduate Tulane University
Economics, Psychology 		B.A.

Selected Publications

  1. Goldstein EV, Bailey EV, Wilson FA (2022). Discrimination and Suicidality Among Hispanic Mental Health Patients, 2010-2020: A Natural Language Processing Approach. Psychiatr Serv, 73(11), 1313-1314.
  2. Goldstein EV, Wilson FA (2022). Hispanic Immigrants and Suicide: Overcoming Data Challenges in an Anti-immigrant Climate. AJPM Focus, 1(2).
  3. Goldstein EV, Wilson FA (2022). A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Higher COVID-19 Care Burden in the Primary Care Safety Net: Hispanic Patient Population Size a Key Factor. Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol, 9, 23333928221115894.
  4. Krull H, Farmer CM, Rennane S, Goldstein E, Armour P, Ruder T (2022). Trends in Department of Defense Disability Evaluation System Ratings and Awards for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, 2002-2017. Rand Health Q, 9(3), 22.
  5. Goldstein EV, Prater LC (2022). Examining the policy effects of Arizona's 2016 pre-emption law on firearm suicide rates in the greater Tucson area: an observational study. BMJ Open, 12(5), e058196.
  6. Goldstein EV, Prater LC, Wickizer TM (2021). Preventing Adolescent and Young Adult Suicide: Do States With Greater Mental Health Treatment Capacity Have Lower Suicide Rates? J Adolesc Health, 70, 83-90.
  7. Goldstein EV (2021). Examining the Relationship Between COVID-19 Prevalence and Depression Care at Community Health Centers: Assessing 2020 Data. Psychiatr Serv, 73, appips202100478.
  8. Benitez J, Williams T, Goldstein E, Seiber EE (2021). The Relationship Between Unemployment and Health Insurance Coverage: Before and After the Affordable Care Act's Coverage Expansions. Med Care, 59(9), 768-777.
  9. Goldstein EV (2021). Community Health Centers Maintained Initial Increases in Medicaid Covered Adult Patients at 5-Years Post-Medicaid-Expansion. Inquiry, 58.
  10. Krull H, Farmer CM, Rennane S, Goldstein EV, Armour P, Ruder T (2021). Trends in Department of Defense Disability Evaluation System Ratings and Awards for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, 2002–2017. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
  11. Kranz AM, Opper IM, Estrada-Darley I, Goldstein E, Stein BD, Dick AW (2022). Outcomes Associated With State Policies Enabling Provision of Oral Health Services in Medical Offices Among Medicaid-enrolled Children. Med Care, 59(6), 513-518.
  12. Krull H, Farmer CM, Simmons MM, Rennane S, Cherney S, Armour P, Goldstein EV, Ruder T (2021). Post 9/11 Trends in Medical Separation and Separation for Service Members with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
  13. Goldstein EV, Dick AW, Ross R, Stein BD, Kranz AM (2021). Impact of state-level training requirements for medical providers on receipt of preventive oral health services for young children enrolled in Medicaid. J Public Health Dent.
  14. Bose-Brill S, Prater L, Goldstein EV, Xu W, Moss KO, Retchin SM, White S (2020). Primary Care Physician and Beneficiary Characteristics Associated With Billing for Advance Care Planning. J Am Geriatr Soc, 68(5), 1108-1110.
  15. Goldstein EV, Prater LC, Bose-Brill S, Wickizer TM (2019). The Firearm Suicide Crisis: Physicians Can Make a Difference. Ann Fam Med, 18(3), 265-268.
  16. Goldstein EV, Prater LC, Wickizer TM (2019). Behavioral Health Care And Firearm Suicide: Do States With Greater Treatment Capacity Have Lower Suicide Rates? Health Aff (Millwood), 38(10), 1711-1718.
  17. Seiber EE, Goldstein EV (2019). Disappearing Medicaid Enrollment Disparities for US Citizen Children in Immigrant Families: State-Level Trends from 2008 to 2015. Acad Pediatr, 19(3), 333-341.
  18. Goldstein EV (2018). Sophistry in American medicine? Platonic reflections on expertise, influence and the public's health in the democratic context. Med Humanit, 45(1), 45-51.
  19. Goldstein EV, Cai J, Liu A (2018). Marketplace Coverage and Limited Access to Care Among Employed Beneficiaries? Evidence From Ohio. Health Serv Insights, 11, 1178632918790880.
  20. Goldstein EV (2017). Integrating Mental and Physical Health Care for Low-Income Americans: Assessing a Federal Program's Initial Impact on Access and Cost. Healthcare (Basel), 5(3).