Dr. Garber's research is directed toward methods for improving health care delivery and financing, particularly for the elderly, in settings of limited resources.  His work addresses such issues as technology evaluation, comparative effectiveness, the causes of health expenditure growth, and health care productivity.

Dr. Garber's research interests include:

• topics in the health economics of aging;
• health insurance;
• optimal screening intervals;
• cost-effectiveness of coronary surgery in the elderly;
• health care financing and delivery in the United States and Japan;
• coronary heart disease.