Health Policy Center, independent research for better health policy: The Urban Institute

Adela Luque, Ph.D., is a research associate at The Urban Institute. Her earlier research focused on issues surrounding firm behavior and, in particular, the incentives and workforce effects of businesses' technology adoption and innovation decisions.

Her work at the Health Policy Center includes a study of SCHIP participation and a study on mechanisms for improving the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Prospective Payment System for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities. She is currently doing research on the effects of health insurance offerings on small businesses.

Before coming to the Urban Institute she worked at the Center for Economic Studies of the U.S. Census Bureau as well as Fannie Mae, the Central Bank of Spain, and the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla, Spain.