▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁as , ▁and ▁had ▁an ▁effect ▁on , ▁negoti ations ▁between ▁the ▁US ▁government ▁and ▁to b acco ▁companies ▁that ▁eventually ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁court ▁settlement ▁that ▁cost ▁the ▁latter ▁over ▁$ 2 0 0   b ill ion . ▁ ▁R ice ▁remained ▁at ▁U CS F ▁as ▁a ▁professor ▁emer it us ▁until ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 9 4 , ▁from ▁comp lications ▁after ▁a ▁fall ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁broken ▁hip . ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁her ▁career , ▁R ice ▁author ed ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁research ▁articles , ▁books , ▁book ▁chap ters , ▁and ▁mon ograph s . ▁ ▁Awards ▁R ice ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Medicine . ▁She ▁became ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Statist ical ▁Association ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁She ▁received ▁the ▁Association ▁for ▁Health ▁Services ▁President ial ▁Award ▁for ▁Le ad ership ▁and ▁Cont ribution ▁to ▁Health ▁Services ▁Research . ▁She ▁also ▁received ▁the ▁American ▁Public ▁Health ▁Association ▁Sed g wick ▁Memorial ▁Medal . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁R ice ▁received ▁the ▁William ▁B . ▁Graham ▁Prize ▁for ▁Health ▁Services ▁Research . ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁said ▁of ▁her ▁career ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁" a ▁pione ering ▁government ▁econom ist ▁and ▁stat istic ian ▁whose ▁research ▁about ▁the ▁need ▁of ▁the ▁aged ▁for ▁health ▁ins urance ▁helped ▁make ▁the ▁case ▁for ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁Medic are ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5