Thomas RAPP

Bio :

Thomas Rapp, PhD, is a professor of economics at Université Paris Cité, specialized in health economics, ageing economics, and health policy analysis. He is the director of the AgingUP! Excellency Chaire at Fondation Université Paris Cité. He is a former Harkness fellow in health policy and practice at Harvard (2015-2016) and health economist at the OECD (2017-2019). His research is published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals (Health Economics, Medical Care, Social Science and Medicine, JAMA open, etc.), book chapters etc. Since 2016, he has been associate editor of the Value in Health Journal. In 2015, he created (and led until 2018) a masters’ degree in health economics at Sorbonne University in Abu Dhabi. For the past 10 years, he has been participating in several research grants (sponsored by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche, the Commonwealth Fund of New York, the European Commission's Innovative Medicines Initiative program, AXA mécénat etc.) as principal investigator, co-PI, or work package leader. He has been an invited professor at Harvard, Columbia, and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma.

Twitter : @ThomRapp

Publications

1. Dedet, G.; Kraepiel, L.; Rapp, T. (2021) Résilience des systèmes de santé européens à la crise de la Covid-19. Tribunes de la Sante ; 68(2):73-83, 2021.

2. Roquebert, Q., Sicsic, J., Rapp, T. (2021), Health measures and long-term care use in the European frail population, European Journal of Health Economics.

3. Rapp, T., Ronchetti, J., Sicsic, J. (2021). Are long-term care jobs harmful? Evidence from Germany. 2021 Apr;22(3):405-423, European Journal of Health Economics.

4. McHugh, J. Rapp, T. Motamasur, S., Mor, V. (2021). Higher Hospital Referral Concentration Associated with Lower Risk Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities. 2021 Oct;56(5):839-846, Health Services Research.

5. Rapp, T., Swartz, K. (2021). Implementing value-based aging in our long-term care systems. Value and Outcomes Spotlight. July/August 2021.

6. Costa, N, Mounié, M, Pagès, A, Derumeaux, H, Rapp, T, Guyonnet, S, Coley, N, Cantet, C, Carrié, I, Andrieu, S, Molinier, L. (2021). The cost-effectiveness of three prevention strategies in Alzheimer's disease: results from the multidomain alzheimer preventive trial (MAPT). 2021;8(4):425-435, The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease.

7. Rapp, T. Whicher, D (2022), The Value of Artificial Intelligence for Health Care Decision Making – Lessons learned from a Value in Health themed section, Mar;25(3):328-330, Value in Health. 

8. Rapp, T., David-Bertrand, A. Sicsic, J. (2022), Dépendance : quel bilan du quinquennat ? Tribunes de la Santé, 2022

9. Rapp T, Ronchetti J, Sicsic J. Impact of formal care consumption on informal care use in Europe: What is happening at the beginning of dependency? Health Policy. 2022 Jul;126(7):632-642. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.04.007. Epub 2022 Apr 22. PMID: 35501205.

10. Rapp T, Ronchetti J, Sicsic J. Where Are Populations Aging Better? A Global Comparison of Healthy Aging Across Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries. Value Health. 2022 Sep;25(9):1520-1527. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.05.007. Epub 2022 Jun 13. PMID: 35710893.

11.  Portacolone, E.; Torres, J.M.; Johnson, J.K.; Benton, D.; Rapp, T.; Tran, T.; Martinez, P.; Graham, C (2022). The Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment Project’s Policy Advisory Group on Long-Term Services and Supports: Setting a Research Equity Agenda. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6021.

12.  Bell-Aldeghi R., Gibrat B., Chauvin P., Rapp T., Ould-Kaci K., Sevilla-Dedieu C (2022). Determinants Of The Cost-Effectiveness Of Telemedecine: Results From A Systematic Review And Multivariable Analysis. Accepted for publication in Telemedicine and e-Health. 2022.

13.  Rapp T, Sicsic J, Tavassoli N, Rolland Y. Do not PIMP my nursing home ride! The impact of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Prescribing on residents' emergency care use. Eur J Health Econ. 2023 Sep;24(7):1085-1100. doi: 10.1007/s10198-022-01534-x. Epub 2022 Oct 21. PMID: 36271304.

14.  Sicsic, J., Ronchetti, J., Rapp, T. (2023). Le bien-vieillir en France et dans les pays de l’OCDE. Une analyse à partir d’une nouvelle mesure d’âge physiologique. Médecine et Sciences 2023 ; 39.

15.  Rapp T, Sicsic J, Ronchetti J, Cicchetti A; SPRINTT consortium. Preventing autonomy loss with multicomponent geriatric interventions: A resource-saving strategy? Evidence from the SPRINT-T study. SSM Popul Health. 2023 Oct 5;24:101507. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101507. PMID: 37860705; PMCID: PMC10582469.

16.  Rapp T, Jena AB, Costa-Font J, Grabowski DC. Caregiving across generations: Do older adults with more grandchildren get another bite at the "sandwich" generation? Soc Sci Med. 2023 Oct;334:116199. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116199. Epub 2023 Aug 30. PMID: 37690157.

17.  Banaszak-Holl, J., McHugh, J., Rapp, T. (2023). Economic and social barriers to accessing long-term care services and policies across countries. Accepted for publication in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health.

18.  Mounie M, Fabre D, Rapp T, Rolland Y, Blain H, Tchalla A, Carcaillon-Bentata L, Beltzer N, Assous L, Apparitio S, Caby D, Reina N, Andre L, Molinier L, Costa N. Costs and Survival of Patients having Experienced a Hospitalized Fall-Related Injury in France: A Population-Based Study. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Jul;24(7):951-957.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.02.005. Epub 2023 Mar 16. PMID: 36934774.

19.  Yang Y, Lee AR, Rapp T, Chen R, Glymour MM, Torres JM. State home and community-based services expenditures and unmet care needs in the United States: Has everyone benefitted equally? Health Serv Res. 2024 Apr;59(2):e14269. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14269. Epub 2023 Dec 26. PMID: 38148004; PMCID: PMC10915470.

20.  Yang Y, Lee AR, Portacolone E, Rapp T, Torres JM. State home- and community-based services spending and unmet care needs by living arrangements and cognitive impairment status. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jul 15. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19088. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39007458.

21.  Cheneau A, Rapp, T. (2025). A New Approach for Assessing the Value of Informal Care in Alzheimer’s Disease. Value in Health

22.  Rapp, T., Lin Pei J. (2025). The Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders. Value in Health.

23. Cheneau A. Rapp, T., Sicsic J. (2025). Et si je ne pouvais plus rester seul(e) chez moi ? » Quelles sont les attentes des personnes âgées et de leurs proches concernant les aides et l’accompagnement de la perte d’autonomie ?. Lien Social et Politique. Forthcoming.