Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

Health Economics, Health Services Research, Human Resources Economics, Economic Evaluation in Health, Program Evaluation, Health Policy, Global Health, Behavioral Economics in Health Care, Applied Microeconometrics; with particular interests in health disparities and health equity, health care provider responses to public policy and changing market environments, health financing in low- and middle-income countries, human capital, climate and health, value-based care, health care provider incentives, health workforce, payment reform, and quality of care.

Courses taught:

Econ 102 (Microeconomics 1), Econ 104 (Microeconomics II), Econ 186 (Health Economics, undergraduate), Econ 286 (Health Economics, graduate), Econ 287 (Special Topics in Health Economics: Global Health Economics, graduate)

Education

Academic, Research, and Other Positions

Regular Positions:

Assistant Professor, School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman, August 2025–present

Affiliate Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, August 2025–present

Project Scientist and Administrative Director, UCLA Healthcare Value Analytics and Solutions Consortium, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, August 2023–February 2025

Research Assistant, Department of Health Policy and Management and Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, January 2016–August 2023

Consulting Positions (selected):

Independent Consultant in Health Economics and Policy, May 2010–present

Consultant and Economics Adviser to the Secretary of Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health, Republic of the Philippines, March 2026–July 2026

Expert Consultant in Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Ad Hoc Committee for the 2027 Revision of the National Ethical Guidelines for Research Involving Human Participants, Philippine Health Research Ethics Board, Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, DOST, May 2026–present

Senior Consultant, “Analysis of the Longitudinal Cohort Study of the Filipino Child,” Philippine Institute for Development Studies, February 2026–June 2026

Intern, “Private Health Insurance in Asian Emerging Markets,” Division of Global Health Policy, Government Affairs & Policy Group, Johnson & Johnson, Washington, DC, June 2017–August 2017

Short-term Consultant, “Public Financial Management: Service Delivery Opportunities and Challenges,” Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank, Washington, DC, January 2016–June 2016

Consultant and Research Assistant, “Critical Constraints to Growth and Structural Transformation in Selected Developing Member Countries,” Economic Analysis and Operations Support Division, Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, November 2011–July 2012

Consultant, “Development and Production of Philippine Prevalence Map on the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Malaria Integrated with the Philippine Poverty Incidence,” Peace and Equity Foundation, Quezon City, Philippines, August 2010–January 2011

Junior Consultant, “Support for the Development of Guidelines for the Department of Health (DOH) to Package its Support for Tuberculosis (TB) as Performance-Based Grants,” Foundation for the Advancement of Clinical Epidemiology – Health Policy Development Program, Quezon City, Philippines, May 2010

Awards and Fellowships

Faculty Recruitment Grant, Philippine Center for Economic Development, November 2025

Gold Medalist, Men’s Curling, 9th Asian Winter Games, Harbin, China, February 2025

Regional and National Awardee, Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines, awarded by Philippine Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the RFM Foundation, 2008

COVID-19 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Johns Hopkins University, Fall 2021

Sir Arthur Newsholme Scholarship, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2015–2021

Dean’s Scholarship, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2013–2015

Graduate Fellowship, UPEcon Foundation-Health Policy Development Program, University of the Philippines School of Economics, 2009–2012

Oblation Scholarship, University of the Philippines System, 2001–2005

Freshman Merit Scholarship, Ateneo de Manila University, 2001 (declined)

Publications

Journal Articles

Delarmente, B.A., Cui, M., Romanov, A., Tseng, C., Craff, M., Skinner, D., Hadfield, M., Sarkisian, C.A., Damberg, C.L., Fendrick, A.M., and Mafi, J.N. (2025) “Impact of Telemedicine Use on Outpatient-Related CO2 Emissions: Estimate From a National Cohort,” American Journal of Managed Care 31(9): 294-298.
https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2025.89714

Alcock, R., Shaukat, A., Kisiel, J., Hernandez, L., Delarmente, B., Estes, C., Bartels, J., Vahdat, V., Limburg, P., and Fendrick, A.M. (2025) “Environmental impact of colorectal cancer screening with colonoscopy and mt-sDNA testing,” Health Affairs Scholar 3(3): qxaf041.
https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf041

Leuchter, R.K., Delarmente, B.A., Vangala, S., Tsugawa, Y., and Sarkisian, C.A. (2025) “Health care staffing shortages and potential national hospital bed shortage,” JAMA Network Open 8(2): e2460645-e2460645.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.60645

Zare, H., Balsara, K., Meyerson, N.S., Delgado, P., Delarmente, B.A., McCleary, R., Thorpe Jr., R.J., and Gaskin, D.J. (2024) “Exploring the Association Between Minimum Wage Policy, Income Inequality, and Obesity Rates in US Counties,” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-16.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02210-x

Zhou, F.F., Tseng, C.H., Leng, M., Delarmente, B.A., Damberg, C.L., Sarkisian, C.A., and Mafi, J.N. (2024) “Reducing wasteful spending on discarded lecanemab in the US Medicare program,” JAMA Internal Medicine 184(12): 1477-1479.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.5292

Zare, H., Gilmore, D.R., Assari, S., Molina, I.B., Delarmente, B.A., Azadi, M., and Thorpe, R.J. (2024) “Income Inequality, Gender Disparities, and Ethnic Differences: Investigating Allostatic Load in American Adults,” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02025-w

Ghazaryan, E., Delarmente, B.A., Garber, K., Gross, M., Sriudomporn, S., and Rao, K.D. (2021) “Effectiveness of hospital payment reforms in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review,” Health Policy and Planning 36(8): 1344-1356.
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab050

Gaskin, D.J., Zare, H., and Delarmente, B.A. (2021) “Geographic disparities in COVID-19 infections and deaths: The role of transportation,” Transport Policy 102: 35-46.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.12.001

Gaskin, D.J., Zare, H., and Delarmente, B.A. (2021) “The Supply of Hospital Care to Minority and Low-Income Communities and the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program,” Medical Care Research and Review 78(1): 77-84.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558719861242

Shores, D.R., Mogul, D., Allen, J., Delarmente, B.A., and Padula, W. (2020) “Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Feeding Guidelines for Infants Following Intestinal Surgery,” Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 70(5): 657-663.
https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000002642

Hong, J.C., Yang, G.K., Delarmente, B.A., Khera, R., Price, J., Faulds, J., and Chen, J.C. (2020) “Cost-minimization Study of the Percutaneous Approach to Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair,” Journal of Vascular Surgery 71(2): 444-449.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2019.03.040

Gaskin, D.J., Roberts, E.T., Chan, K.S., McCleary, R., Buttorff, C., and Delarmente, B.A. (2019) “No Man is an Island: The Impact of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Mortality,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(7): 1265.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071265

Padula, W.V., and Delarmente, B.A. (2019) “The National Cost of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in the United States,” International Wound Journal 16(3): 634-640.
https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13071

Book and Book Chapters

Zare, H., Delarmente, B., and Gaskin, D.J. (2022) “How Do Transportation Policies Drive Geographic Disparities in COVID-19 Infections and Deaths in the United States?” in Transport and Pandemic Experiences, Volume 17, 15-37. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.
https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000017002

Working Papers and Unpublished Manuscripts

Working Papers:

Delarmente, B.A. and D. Gaskin. “Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) and Treatment Choice: AMI Excess Readmissions Penalties and the Utilization of Revascularization Procedures.” Working paper.

Delarmente, B.A. and D. Gaskin. “The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program’s Spillover Effects on the Utilization of Elective Coronary Procedures.” Working paper.

Delarmente, B.A. and D. Gaskin. “Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Penalties and the Utilization of Revascularization Procedures Among Dual-Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries.” Working paper.

Delarmente, B.A. “The Intersection of PhilHealth Membership, Supply-side Readiness, and Health Utilization and Health Outcomes of Filipino Adolescents.” Working paper.

Delarmente, B.A., M. Estiller, and L. Molina. “Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Impoverishment in Rural Western Visayas under the Universal Health Care Act.” Working paper.

Works in Progress:

Delarmente, B.A., D. Gaskin, and R. McCleary. “Quality Public Transportation Can Improve Access to Care.”

Delarmente, B.A. and H. Zare. “The Association between Probability of Being Penalized Under the Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on Charity Care Provision in Nonprofit Hospitals.”

Delarmente, B.A. Estiller, M. “Complements or Substitutes? Household Demand for Medications and Dietary Supplements in Rural Philippines.”

Delarmente, B.A. Estiller, M. “Consumption Smoothing against Health Shocks and the Insurance Value of PhilHealth and 4Ps Participation in Rural Philippines.”

Delarmente, B.A., M. Estiller, and T.D. Tiongson. “Targeting Errors and Benefit Stacking in Philippine Social Protection: Multidimensional Evidence from Western Visayas.”

Other Publications (e.g., op-eds, blogs, podcasts, etc.)

None to date.

Full CV: Benjo A. Delarmente, MD, PhD

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