# David M. Cutler ![Cuter_David_Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum5891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/cutler/files/cutler_david_headshot.jpg?itok=EOGRHjn2) [Curriculum Vitae](https://cutler.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum5891/files/2025-07/2025%2007%2001%20Cutler%20CV.pdf) David Cutler has developed an impressive record of achievement in both academia and the public sector. He served as Assistant Professor of Economics from 1991 to 1995, was named John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Social Sciences in 1995, and received tenure in 1997. He is currently the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics and was named Harvard College Professor in 2014 until 2019. Professor Cutler holds secondary appointments at the Kennedy School of Government and the School of Public Health. Professor Cutler was associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for Social Sciences from 2003-2008. [ ... Read More](/biocv "Biography") ## Recent Publications Download 7 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=8&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=729831&content_filter%5B1%5D=729826&content_filter%5B2%5D=721491&content_filter%5B3%5D=719421&content_filter%5B4%5D=719411&content_filter%5B5%5D=719406&content_filter%5B6%5D=719401&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=8&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=729831&content_filter%5B1%5D=729826&content_filter%5B2%5D=721491&content_filter%5B3%5D=719421&content_filter%5B4%5D=719411&content_filter%5B5%5D=719406&content_filter%5B6%5D=719401&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=8&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=729831&content_filter%5B1%5D=729826&content_filter%5B2%5D=721491&content_filter%5B3%5D=719421&content_filter%5B4%5D=719411&content_filter%5B5%5D=719406&content_filter%5B6%5D=719401&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=8&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=729831&content_filter%5B1%5D=729826&content_filter%5B2%5D=721491&content_filter%5B3%5D=719421&content_filter%5B4%5D=719411&content_filter%5B5%5D=719406&content_filter%5B6%5D=719401&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=8&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=729831&content_filter%5B1%5D=729826&content_filter%5B2%5D=721491&content_filter%5B3%5D=719421&content_filter%5B4%5D=719411&content_filter%5B5%5D=719406&content_filter%5B6%5D=719401&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=8&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=729831&content_filter%5B1%5D=729826&content_filter%5B2%5D=721491&content_filter%5B3%5D=719421&content_filter%5B4%5D=719411&content_filter%5B5%5D=719406&content_filter%5B6%5D=719401&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=8&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=729831&content_filter%5B1%5D=729826&content_filter%5B2%5D=721491&content_filter%5B3%5D=719421&content_filter%5B4%5D=719411&content_filter%5B5%5D=719406&content_filter%5B6%5D=719401&&format=ris) ### 2024 Nakamoto, Carter H., David M. Cutler, Nancy D. Beaulieu, Lori Uscher-Pines, and Ateev Mehrotra. 2024. “[The Impact Of Telemedicine On Medicare Utilization, Spending, And Quality, 2019-22](/publications/impact-telemedicine-medicare-utilization-spending-and-quality-2019-22)”. *Health Affairs* 43 (5): 691-700. Nakamoto, Carter H., David M. Cutler, Nancy D. Beaulieu, Lori Uscher-Pines, and Ateev Mehrotra. 2024. “[The Impact Of Telemedicine On Medicare Utilization, Spending, And Quality, 2019-22](/publications/impact-telemedicine-medicare-utilization-spending-and-quality-2019-22)”. *Health Affairs* 43 (5): 691-700. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01142) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01142) Sportiche, Noémie, Hector Blanco, Madeleine I. G. Daepp, Erin Graves, and David Cutler. 2024. “[Can Fair Share Policies Expand Neighborhood Choice? Evidence From Bypassing Exclusionary Zoning Under Massachusetts Chapter 40B](/publications/can-fair-share-policies-expand-neighborhood-choice-evidence-bypassing)”. *Housing Policy Debate*, 210-42. Sportiche, Noémie, Hector Blanco, Madeleine I. G. Daepp, Erin Graves, and David Cutler. 2024. “[Can Fair Share Policies Expand Neighborhood Choice? Evidence From Bypassing Exclusionary Zoning Under Massachusetts Chapter 40B](/publications/can-fair-share-policies-expand-neighborhood-choice-evidence-bypassing)”. *Housing Policy Debate*, 210-42. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2024.2320131) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2024.2320131) Sahni, Nikhil R., George Stein, Rodney Zemmel, and David M. Cutler. 2024. “[The Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare Spending](/publications/potential-impact-artificial-intelligence-healthcare-spending-0)”. In *The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges*, 49-86. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Sahni, Nikhil R., George Stein, Rodney Zemmel, and David M. Cutler. 2024. “[The Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare Spending](/publications/potential-impact-artificial-intelligence-healthcare-spending-0)”. In *The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges*, 49-86. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum5891/files/cutler/files/2024_nber_economicsofai_chapter_2.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum5891/files/cutler/files/2024_nber_economicsofai_chapter_2.pdf) Kakani, Pragya, David M. Cutler, Meredith B. Rosenthal, and Nancy L. Keating. 2024. “[Trends in Integration Between Physician Organizations and Pharmacies for Self-Administered Drugs](/publications/trends-integration-between-physician-organizations-and-pharmacies-self)”. *JAMA Network Open* 7 (2): e2356592. Kakani, Pragya, David M. Cutler, Meredith B. Rosenthal, and Nancy L. Keating. 2024. “[Trends in Integration Between Physician Organizations and Pharmacies for Self-Administered Drugs](/publications/trends-integration-between-physician-organizations-and-pharmacies-self)”. *JAMA Network Open* 7 (2): e2356592. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2815251) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2815251) ### 2023 Sahni, Nikhil R., Pranay Gupta, Michael Peterson, and David M. Cutler. 2023. “[Active Steps to Reduce Administrative Spending Associated With Financial Transactions in US Health Care](/publications/active-steps-reduce-administrative-spending-associated-financial-transactions-us)”. *Health Affairs Scholar* 1 (5): qxad053. Sahni, Nikhil R., Pranay Gupta, Michael Peterson, and David M. Cutler. 2023. “[Active Steps to Reduce Administrative Spending Associated With Financial Transactions in US Health Care](/publications/active-steps-reduce-administrative-spending-associated-financial-transactions-us)”. *Health Affairs Scholar* 1 (5): qxad053. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxad053) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxad053) Nguyen, Christina A., Nancy D. Beaulieu, Alexi A. Wright, David M. Cutler, Nancy L. Keating, and Mary Beth Landrum. 2023. “[Organization of Cancer Specialists in US Physician Practices and Health Systems](/publications/organization-cancer-specialists-us-physician-practices-and-health-systems)”. *Journal of Clinical Oncology* 41 (26): 4226-35. Nguyen, Christina A., Nancy D. Beaulieu, Alexi A. Wright, David M. Cutler, Nancy L. Keating, and Mary Beth Landrum. 2023. “[Organization of Cancer Specialists in US Physician Practices and Health Systems](/publications/organization-cancer-specialists-us-physician-practices-and-health-systems)”. *Journal of Clinical Oncology* 41 (26): 4226-35. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.23.00626) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.23.00626) Swartz, Natalie, Sethu Odayappan, Avik Chatterjee, and David Cutler. 2023. “[Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Inclusion of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Homeless Adults’ Treatment Plans](/publications/impact-medicaid-expansion-inclusion-medications-opioid-use-disorder-homeless)”. *Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment* 152 (2023): 209059. Swartz, Natalie, Sethu Odayappan, Avik Chatterjee, and David Cutler. 2023. “[Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Inclusion of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Homeless Adults’ Treatment Plans](/publications/impact-medicaid-expansion-inclusion-medications-opioid-use-disorder-homeless)”. *Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment* 152 (2023): 209059. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209059) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209059) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications) ## Latest News [### The Economic Cost of Long COVID: An Update ](/news/long-covid) July 16, 2022 [### Spending dips on health care for the Medicare elderly ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/health-care-spending-on-medicare-elderly-dips-study-finds/) February 05, 2019 [### Price Hikes on Existing Medicines Count for the Lion's Share of Higher Drug Costs ](/news/price-hikes-existing-medicines-count-lions-share-higher-drug-costs) January 08, 2019 [### Prescription Drug Costs Driven By Manufacturer Price Hikes, Not Innovation ](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/07/682986630/prescription-drug-costs-driven-by-manufacturer-price-hikes-not-innovation) January 07, 2019 [### How a Healthy Economy Can Shorten Life Spans ](/news/how-healthy-economy-can-shorten-life-spans) October 16, 2017 [### Senate GOP healthcare plan is the next man-made disaster ](http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/339653-the-senate-gop-health-plan-is-the-next-man-made-disaster) June 27, 2017 [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/news)