Dr. Stella Luz Quimbo is recognized for her significant research studies in the field of health economics in the Philippines. Her finding that a health-care system with physician accreditation and insurance payments significantly improves the quality of physicians has important policy implications for a government with limited resources intent on improving the quality of health care. This also reduces the inherent asymmetry of information in the market for quality health care by providing the public with a transparent and inexpensive method to assess physician quality and at the same time obtain better quality care.

Sex: Female

Education:

  • School of Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Ph.D. in Economics, 2000
  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, M.A. in Economics, 1993
  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, B.S. Business Economics (Summa Cum Laude), 1991

Field of Specialization:

Health Economics (health care financing, quality of care, health status of children, provider payment systems), Education, Poverty, Access to health care, Tobacco Taxation

Researches:

Solon, O., Peabody, J.W., Woo, K., Qulmbo, S.A., Florentino, J., Shimkhada, R., () A cost-effective approach to improving access to care using policy navigators. Health Policy

Quimbo, S.A., Florentino, J., Shimkhada, R., Panelo, C., Solon, 0., Peabody, J.W. , (2008 O) The Under-Utilization of Social Insurance Among the Poor through Improved Awareness: Evidence from the Philippines. PLOS One Volume 3, No. 10

Quimbo, S.A., Peabody, J.W., Shimkhada, R., Woo, K., Solon, O., (2008) Should we have confidence if a physician is accredited? A Study of the Relative Impacts of Accreditation and Insurance Payments on Quality of Care in the Philippines. Social Science and Medicine Volume 67

Kraft, A., Capuno, J., Quimbo, S.A., Tan, C. , (2008) Information, Incentives and Practice Patterns: The Case of TB DOTS Services and Private Physicians in the Philippines. Singapore Economic Review Volume 53, No. 1

Shimkhada, R., Peabody, J.W., Quimbo, S.A., Solon, O., (2008) The Quality Improvement Demonstration Study: An example of evidence-based policy making in the Philippines. Health Research Policy and Systems Volume 6, No. 5

Solon, O., Riddell, T.J., Quimbo, S.L.A, Butrick, E., Aylward, G.P., Bacote, M.L., Peabody, J.W., (2008) Associations Between Cognitive Function, Blood Lead Concentration and Nutrition Among Children in the Central Philippines. The Journal of Pediatrics Volume 152, No. 2

Riddell, T.J., Solon, O. Quimbo, S.L.A, Tan, C.M., Butrick, E., Peabody, J.W., (2007) Elevated blood levels among Children living in the Rural Philippines. Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 85, No. 9

Quimbo, S.A., (2007) Pricing, Technology Choice, and Information in Health Care Markets. Philippine Journal of Development Volume 33, No. 1-2

Quimbo, SA, (2006) Enhancing the private provision of care through premiums for ability: The case of tuberculosis care in the Philippines. Health Economics Volume 15

Peabody, J.W., Liu, A., Alisse, L., Sarol, J.A., Ren, Y.J., Munoz, J.A., Carillo, C., Wig, N., Qulmbo, S.L.A., (2005 D) Using Vignettes to compare the quality of care in five countries. World Bank, DCPP WorKing Paper Series #43

Quimbo, S.A., (2003 D) Which learning inputs really matter to school children? Estimating schooling outcomes as a function of "effective" inputs. Philippine Review of Economics Volume 110, No. 2

Solon, O., Panelo, C., Quimbo, S., (2003 Jl) Financing health care for poor Filipinos. World Bank Working Paper Series No. 2004-8

Solon, O., Woo, K., Quimbo, S.A., Peabody, J.W., Florentino, J., Shimkhada, R., () A novel method for measuring health care system performance: Experience from QIDS in the Philippines. Health Policy and Planning

Butrick, E., Peabody, J.W., Solon, O., De Salvo K.B., Quimbo, S.L.A., () A comparison of biomarkers and a single-item subjective health status measure among chlldren in a developing country. Population Health Metrics

Peabody, J.W., Shimkhada, R., Quimbo, S., Florentino, J., Bacote, M.F., MuCulioch, C., Solon, O., () A randomized experiment introducing incentives to improve quality of care. Health Affairs

James, C., Peabody, JW, Solon, 0, Quimbo, S, Hanson, K., () An Unhealthy Public Private Tension: The Impact of Physician Pharmacy Ownership on Prescribing Practices and Patient Spending. Health Affairs

Kraft, A.D., Quimbo, S., Solon, 0., Shimkhada, R., Florentino, J., Peabody, J.W., () The health and cost impact of care delay and the experimental impact of insurance in reducing these delays in children. Journal of Pediatrics

Panelo, C., Shikhada, R., Solon, 0., Quimbo, S.A., Florentino, J., Peabody, J.W., (2003) Understanding predictors of postdischarge deaths: A prospective evaluation of children under 5 years discharged from Philippine district hospitals. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Quimbo, S.A., Peabody, J.W., Javier, X., Shimkhada, R., Solon, O., (2010) Pushing on a string: How policy might encourage private doctors to compete with the public sector on the basis of quality.Economics Letters (forthcoming)

Quimbo, S.L.A., Solon, O., (2011 My) Evidence of a Causal Link between Health Outcomes, Insurance Coverage, and a Policy to Expand Access: Experimental Data from Children in the Philippines. Health Economics Volume 20, No. 5

Quimbo, S.L.A., (2011 F) Pushing on a String: How Policy Might Encourage Private Doctors to Compete with the Public Sector on the Basis of Quality. Economics Letters Volume 110, No. 2

Quimbo, S.L.A., (2011 Ap) Financial Incentives and Measurement Improved Physicians Quality of Care in the Philippines. Health Affairs Volume 30, No. 4

Quimbo, S.A., Peabody, J.W., Shimkhada, R., Solon, O., (2010) Evidence of a causal link between health outcomes, insurance coverage and a policy to expand access: Experimental data from children in the Philippines. Health Economics (forthcoming)

Solon, O., Woo, K., Quimbo, S.A., Peabody, J.W., Florentino, J., Shimkhad, R., (2009) A novel method for measuring health care system performance: Experience from QIDS in the Philippines.Health Policy and Planning Volume 24, No. 3

Kraft, A.D., Quimbo, S.A., Solon, O., Shimkhada, R., Florentino, J., Peabody, J.W., (2009) The health and cost impact of care delay and the experimental impact of insurance in reducing these delays in children. Journal of Pediatrics Volume 155, No. 2

Solon, O., Peabody, J.W., Woo, K., Quimbo, S.A., Florentino, J., Shimkhada, R., (2009) A cost-effective approach to improving access to care using policy navigators. Health Policy Volume 92, No. 1

Awards:

  • UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair, University of the Philippines, 2007 Jl-2008 Je
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Brown University, University of the Philippines & UPECON Foundation, 2002
  • RP-Japan Friendship Program, Tokyo, Japan, Japan, 1994 F
  • Teaching Fellowship, University of the Philippines School of Economics, 1991-1993
  • Summer Program for ASEAN Students, Nikko Securities, Tokyo, Japan, 1991 Ap
  • Most Outstanding Social Science Student, PI Gamma Mu Honor Society, 1991 Mr
  • Most Outstanding Female Graduate, University of the Philippines Alumni Association, 1991 Mr
  • Outstanding Young Scientist, National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), 2009