長野県生まれ。京都大学経済学部卒業後、ヨーク大学(英国)にてPhDを取得。イーストアングリア大学経済学部・医学部、ヨーク大学医療経済研究所などを経て、現在一橋大学社会科学高等研究院准教授。専門は医療経済学、公衆衛生。生活習慣病予防を目的とした健康行動の行動経済分析や政策の評価、また費用対効果分析を用いた医療資源の効率的配分についての研究に従事。
【最近の研究成果】
Isaranuwatchai, W., Y. Teerawattananon, R. Archer, A. Luz, M. Sharma, W. Rattanavipapong, T. Anothaisintawee, R. Bacon, T. Bhatia, J. Bump, K. Chalkidou, A.G. Elshaug, D.D. Kim, S. Krishnamurthy, R. Nakamura, P.J. Neumann, A. Shichijo, P.C. Smith, and A.J. Culyer, “Prevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys,”
The BMJ, 368, m141, 2020.
Nakamura, R., A. Mirelman, C. Cuadrado, N. Silva, J. Dunstan and M. Suhrcke, “Health Impacts of the Chilean Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax,” Revill et al. (Eds.)
World Scientific Series in Global Health Economics and Public Policy: Volume 5 Global Health Economics Shaping Health Policy in Low- and Middle Income Countries. Singapore: World Scientific, 2020.
Cuadrado, C., J. Dunstan, N. Silva-Illanes, A.J. Mirelman, R. Nakamura, and M. Suhrcke, “Effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on prices and affordability of soft drinks in Chile: A time series analysis,”
Social Science & Medicine, 245, 112708, 2020.
Daff, M., S. Diouf, E.S.M. Diop, Y. Mano, R. Nakamura, M.M. Sy, M. Tobe, S. Togawa, and M. Ngom. “Reforms for financial protection schemes towards universal health coverage, Senegal,”
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 98, 100-108, 2020.
Nakamura, R., J. Lomas, K. Claxton, F. Bokhari, R. Moreno-Serra, and M. Suhrcke, “Assessing the Impact of Health Care on Mortality Using Cross Country Data,” Revill et al. (Eds.)
World Scientific Series in Global Health Economics and Public Policy: Volume 5 Global Health Economics Shaping Health Policy in Low- and Middle Income Countries. Singapore: World Scientific, 2020.
Revill, P., J. Ochalek, J. Lomas, R. Nakamura, B. Woods, A. Rollinger, M. Suhrcke, M. Sculpher, and K. Claxton, “Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,” Revill et al. (Eds.)
World Scientific Series in Global Health Economics and Public Policy: Volume 5 Global Health Economics Shaping Health Policy in Low- and Middle Income Countries. Singapore: World Scientific, 2020.
Bhatia, T., A. Shichijo, and R. Nakamura, “Best Buys,” Isaranuwatchai et al. (Eds.)
Non-Communicable Disease Prevention: Best Buys, Wasted Buys and Contestable Buys. London: Open Book Publishers, 2020.
Yao, Y., R. Nakamura, and N. Sari, “The educational gap in tar and nicotine content in purchases of cigarettes: An observational study using large-scale representative survey data from Japan,”
Preventive Medicine, 129, 105828, 2019.
Teerawattananon, Y., W. Rattanavipapong, L. Lin, S. Dabak, B. Gibbons, W. Isaranuwatchai, K.Y. Toh, B.P. Cher, F. Pearce, D.B. Bayani, R. Nakamura, R.F. Pwu, A.A Shafie, D. Adhikari, S. Prinja, and W. Babidge, “Landscape analysis of health technology assessment (HTA): systems and practices in Asia,”
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 35(6), 416–421, 2019.
井伊雅子・五十嵐中・中村良太 （2019）『新医療経済学‐医療の費用と効果を考える』, 日本評論社
Nakamura, R., A. J. Mirelman, C. Cuadrado, N. Silva-Illanes, J. Dunstan, and M. Suhrcke, “Evaluating the 2014 sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Chile: An observational study in urban areas,”
PLOS Medicine, 2018.
Nakamura, R., M. Suhrcke, and D. Zizzo, “A triple test for behavioral economics models and public health policy,”
Theory and Decision, 83 (4), 513-533, 2017.
中村良太（2017）「医療資源配分における健康機会費用アプローチ」『医療経済研究』, 29(1), 18-32, 2017.
研究業績・経歴詳細（一橋大学 研究者情報）
