Research

Research Statement

My research focuses on healthcare consumer judgment and decision-making. In my dissertation research, I examine patient (i.e., reviewer) and prospective patient preferences and biases in online physician reviews. I investigate what reviews convey about the physician characteristics consumers value, whether biases exist in how consumers judge different specialties and demographics of physicians, and if prospective patients rely on those biases when using ratings and reviews to select a physician. Policy implications include characterizing differences in how physicians are judged and chosen, which may inform interventions to mitigate biases, such as changing how patient feedback is elicited and alerting consumers to potential unconscious biases.

Delaney, R.K., Sisco-Taylor, B.L., Wang, X., Scherr, K., Ubel, P.A., Haaland, B., Kahn, V.C., Hamstra, D., Wei, J.T., Madanay, F., Davis, J.K., Greeno, T.U., & Fagerlin, A. (2022). Two Specialists, Two Recommendations: Discordance between Urologists’ & Radiation Oncologists’ Prostate Cancer Treatment Recommendations. Urology, Advanced Publication.

Wong, C.A., Hakimi, S., Santanam, T.S., Madanay, F., Fridman, I., Ford, C., Patel, M., & Ubel, P.A. (2020).

Applying behavioral economics to improve adolescent and young adult health: a developmentally

sensitive approach. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(1), 17-25.

Wong, C.A., Madanay, F., Ozer, E., Harris, S., Moore, M., Master, S.O., Moreno, M., & Weitzman, E.R. (2020). Digital health technology to enhance adolescent and young adult clinical preventive services: Affordances and challenges. Journal of Adolescent Health, 67(2), S24-S33.

Buzi, R.S., Madanay, F.L., & Fujimoto, K. (2020). Sexual and social networks, venue attendance, and HIV risk among young men who have sex with men. AIDS Care, 1-6.

Invited Book Reviews

Madanay, F. & Ubel, P.A. (2021). [Review of the book The Origins of Behavioural Public Policy, by Adam Oliver]. Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 46(2), 375-379.

Madanay, F. (2014, September). [Review of the book The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944, by R. Lukas]. The Sarmatian Review 34(3), 1867-1869.