Published Papers, 1990-96

Use, Cost, and Financing

Altman, B., and Walden D. Home Health Care: Use, Expenditures and Sources of Payment. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Findings 15. AHCPR Pub. No. 93-0040. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1993.

Baker, D.I., and Bice, T.W. "The Influence of Urinary Incontinence on Publicly Financed Home Care Services to Low-Income Elderly People." (AHCPR dissertation grant No. HS06291). The Gerontologist 35(3), 360-369, 1995.

Bishop, C., and Dor, A. "Medicare Costs in Urban and Rural Nursing Homes: Are Differential Payments Required?" Inquiry 31, 153-162, 1994.

Cohen, S.B., Carlson, B.L., Potter, D.E.B. "Healthcare expenditures in the last 6 months of life." Health Policy Review 1(2), 1-21, 1995.

Feinleib, S., Cunningham, P., and Short, P. Use of Nursing and Personal Care Homes by the Civilian Population, 1987. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Findings 23. AHCPR Pub. No. 94-0096. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1994.

Freedman, V.A. "Family Structure and the Risk of Nursing Home Admission." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 51b(2), S61-S69, 1996.

Freiman, M.P., Arons, B.S., Goldman, H.H., et al. "Nursing Home Reform and the Mentally Ill." Health Affairs 9(4), 47-60, 1990.

Freiman, M.P., Cunningham, P., and Cornelius, L. "The Demand for Health Care for the Treatment of Mental Problems among the Elderly." In Hu, T-W and Rupp, A. (eds.), Research in the Economics of Mental Health, Volume 14 of Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993.

Freiman, M.P., Cunningham, P., and Cornelius, L. Use and Expenditures for the Treatment of Mental Health Problems. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Findings 22. AHCPR Pub. No. 94-0085. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1994.

Freiman, M.P., and Murtaugh, C.M. "Interactions Between Hospital and Nursing Home Use." Public Health Reports 110, 546-554, 1995.

Freiman, M.P., and Murtaugh, C.M. "The Determinants of the Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents." Journal of Health Economics 12(3), 349-359, 1993.

Gilbert, G.H., Branch, L.G., and Orav, E.J. "An Operational Definition of the Homebound." AHCPR Grant No. HS03815. HSR: Health Services Research 26, 787-800, 1992.

Grabbe, L., Demi, A.S., Whittington, F., et al. "Functional Status and the Use of Formal Home Care in the Year Before Death." AHCPR Grant No. HS06925. Journal of Aging and Health 7(3), 339-364, 1995.

Greene, V.L., Lovely, M.E., Miller, M.D., and Ondrich, J.I. "Reducing Nursing Home Use Through Community Term Care: An Optimization Analysis." AHCPR Grant No. HS06757. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 50b(4), S259-S268, 1995.

Hanlon, J.T., Landeran, L.R., Wall, W., et al. "Drug Use Patterns among Cognitively Impaired and Intact Community Dwelling Elderly." AHCPR Grant No. HS07819. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 42, SA44, 1994.

Harrington, C., Preston, S., Grant, L. and Swan, J.H. "Revised Trends in States Nursing Home Capacity." AHCPR Grant No. HS06714. Health Affairs 11, 170-180, 1992.

Kemper, P. "The Use of Formal and Informal Care by the Disabled Elderly." Health Services Research, 27(4), 421-451, 1992.

Kemper, P., and Murtaugh, C.M. "Lifetime Use of Nursing Home Care." New England Journal of Medicine 324(9), 595-600, 1991.

Kemper, P., Murtaugh, C. M., and Spillman, B.C. "Nursing Home Use after Age 65 in the United States: Differences in Remaining Lifetme Use among Subgroups and States." Long-Term Care Studies, AHCPR Pub. No. 91-0047. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1991.

Kemper, P., and Pezzin, L.E. "The Effect of Public Provision of Home Care on Living and Care Arrangements: Evidence from the Channeling Experiment." In Eisen, R. and Sloan, F. (eds.). Alternatives for Ensuring Long-Term Care. Amsterdam: Kluwer Press, pp.125-146, 1996.

Kemper, P., Spillman, B.C., and Murtaugh, C.M. "A Lifetime Perspective on Proposals for Financing Nursing Home Care." Inquiry 28(4), 333-344, 1991.

Kenney, G., and Holahan, J. "Nursing Home Transfers and Mean Length of Stay in the Prospective Payment Era." AHCPR Grant No. HS05253. Medical Care 29(7), 589-609, 1991.

Lair, T. A Profile of Nursing Home Users under Age 65. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Finding 13. AHCPR Pub. No. 92-0060. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1992.

Lair, T., and Lefkowitz, D. Mental Health and Functional Status of Residents of Nursing and Personal Care Homes. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Findings 7. HHS Pub. No. 90-3470. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1990.

Lewis, M., Leake, B., Leal-Sotelo, M., and Clark, V. "First Nursing Home Admissions: Time Spent at Home and in Institutions after Discharge." AHCPR Grant No. HS04946. American Journal of Public Health 80(1), 22-24, 1990.

Lu-Yao, G.L., Baron, J.A., Barrett, J.A. and Fisher, E.S. "Treatment and Survival among Elderly Americans with Hip Fractures: A Population-Based Study." AHCPR Grant No. HS05745. American Journal of Public Health 84(8), 1287-1291, 1994.

Mayfield, J., Deb, P., and Potter, D.E.B. "Diabetes and Long-Term Care." In National Diabetes Data Group (eds.). Diabetes in America. 2nd Edition. NIH Pub. No. 95-1468. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, 1995.

Mor, V., Intrator, O., and Laliberte, L. "Factors Affecting Conversion Rates to Medicaid among New Admissions to Nursing Homes." AHCPR Grant No. HS06232. HSR: Health Services Research 28(1), 1-25, 1993.

Mor, V., Wilcox, V., Rakowski, W. and Hiris, J. "Functional Transitions among the Elderly: Patterns, Predictors, and Related Hospital Use." AHCPR Grant No. HS06795. American Journal of Public Health 84(8), 1274-1280, 1994.

Murtaugh, C.M., and Freiman, M.P. "Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Hospitalization and the Characteristics of Their Hospital Stays." The Gerontologist, 35(1), 35-43, 1995.

Murtaugh, C.M., Kemper, P., and Spillman, B.C. "The Risk of Nursing Home Use in Later Life." Medical Care 28(10), 952-962, 1990.

Murtaugh, C.M., Kemper, P., and Spillman, B.C. "Risky Business: Long-Term Care Insurance Underwriting." Inquiry 32, 271-284, 1995.

Murtaugh, C.M., Kemper, P., Spillman, B.C., and Carlson, B.L. "The Amount, Distribution and Timing of Lifetime Nursing Home Use."MedicalCare 35(3), 204-218, 1997.

Norton, E.C. "Elderly Assets, Medicaid Policy, and Spend-Down in Nursing Homes." AHCPR Grant No. R01 HS07306. Review of Income and Wealth 41(3), 309-329, 1995.

O'Brien, L.A., Grisso, J.A., Maislin, G., et al. "Nursing-Home Residents Preferences for Life-Sustaining Treatments." (AHCPR Grant No. HS06815). Journal of the American Medical Association 274(22), 1775-1779, 1995.

Pezzin, L.E., Kemper, P., and Reschovsky, J. "Does Publicly Provided Home Care Substitute for Family Care? Experimental Evidence with Endogenous Living Arrangements." Journal of Human Resources 31(3), 650-676, 1996.

Rabiner, D.J. "Attitudes Toward and Use of Subsequent Nursing Home Services among a National Sample of Older Adults." AHCPR Grant No. T32 HS00032. Journal of Aging and Health 8, 417-443, 1996.

Rabiner, D.J., Stearns, S.C., and Mutran, E. "The Effect of Channeling on In-Home Utilization and Subsequent Nursing Home Care: A Simultaneous Equation Perspective." NRSA training Grant No. T32 HS00032. HSR: Health Services Research 29(5), 605-622, 1994.

Sevick, M.A., Kamlet, M.S., Hoffman, L.A, and Rawson, I. "Economic Cost of Home-Based Care for Ventilator-Assisted Individuals." Chest 109(6), 1597-1606, 1996.

Short, P.F., Cunningham, P., Mueller, C. "Standardizing Nursing Home Admission Dates for Short Term Hospital Stays." Medical Care 29(2), 97-103, 1991.

Short, P., Feinlieb, S., and Cunningham, P. Expenditures and Sources of Payment for Persons in Nursing and Personal Care Homes. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Findings 19. AHCPR No. 94-0032. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1994.

Short, P., Kemper, P. "Nursing Home Financing Reform, How Would it Affect Expenditures for Nursing Home Care?" Inquiry 31, 141-152, 1994.

Short, P., Kemper, P., Cornelius, L., Walden, D."Public and Private Responsibility for Financing Nursing Home Care: The Effect of Medicaid Asset Spend-Down." Milbank Quarterly 70(2), 277-298, 1992.

Short, P., and Leon, J. Use of Home and Community Services by Persons Age 65 and Older with Functional Difficulties. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Findings 5. Pub. No. PHS 90-3466. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1990.

Spillman, B.C., and Kemper, P. "Lifetime Patterns of Payment for Nursing Home Care" Medical Care 33(3), 280-296, 1995.

Spillman, B.C. and Kemper, P. "Long-Term Care Arrangements for Elderly Persons with Disabilities" Home Health Care Services Quarterly 13(1), 5-34, 1992.

Spore, D., Mor, V., Hiris, J., et al. "Psychotropic Use among Older Residents of Board and Care Facilities."AHCPR Grant No. T32 HS00011. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 43(12), 1403-1409, 1995.

Sternberg, J., Spector, W.D., Drugovich M., et al. "Use of Psychoactive Drugs in Nursing Homes: Prevalence and Residents Characteristics." AHCPR Grant No. T32 HS00011. Journal of Geriatric Drug Therapy 4, 47-60, 1990.

Swan, J.H., and Benjamin, A.E. "Medicare Home Health Utilization as a Function of Nursing Home Market Factors." AHCPR Grant No. HS06174. HSR: Health Services Research 25(3), 479-500, 1990.

Access and Quality of Care

Christakis, N.A., and Escarce, J.J. "Survival of Medicare Patients after Enrollment in Hospice Programs." New England Journal of Medicine 335(3), 172-178, 1996.

Cohen, J.W., and Spector, W.D."The Effect of Medicaid Reimbursement on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes." Journal of Health Economics 15, 23-48, 1996.

Kemper, P. "The Use of Formal and Informal Care by the Disabled Elderly" Health Services Research 27(4), 421-451, 1992.

Laforge, R., Spector, W.D., and Sternberg, J."The Relationship of Vision and Hearing Impairment to One-Year Mortality and Functional Decline" Journal of Aging and Health 4(1), 126-148, 1992.

Leon, J., and Lair, T. Functional Status of the Noninstitutionalized Elderly: Estimates of ADL and IADL Difficulties. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Finding 4. PHS Pub. No. 90-3462. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1990.

Lewis, M.A., Leake, B., Clark, V., and Leal-Sotelo, M. "Changes in Case-Mix and Outcomes of Readmissions to Nursing Homes Between 1980 and 1984." AHCPR Grant No. HS04946. HSR: Health Services Research 24(6), 713-728, 1990.

Mor, V., and Rakowski, W. "The Association of Physical Activity with Mortality among Older Adults in the Longitudinal Study of Aging (1984-1988)." AHCPR Grant No. HS06795. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Science 47, M122-129, 1992.

Oktay, J.S., Steinwachs, D.M., Mammon, J., et al."Evaluating Social Work Discharge Planning Services for Elderly People: Access, Complexity, and Outcome." AHCPR Grant No. HS05410. Health and Social Work 17(4), 290-298, 1992.

Perls, T.T., Morris, J.N., Ooi, W.L. and Lipsitz, L.A. "The Relationship Between Age, Gender and Cognitive Performance in the Very Old: The Effect of Selective Survival." NRSA F32 HS00011. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 41(11), 1193-1201, 1993.

Proctor, E., Morrow-Howell, N., and Berg-Weger, M. "Adequacy of Informal Care for Elderly Patients Going Home from the Hospital: Discharge Planning Perspectives" AHCPR Grant No. HS06406. Journal of Applied Gerontology 12, 188-205, 1993.

Rabiner, D.J., Mutran, E., and Stearns, S.C. "The Effect of Channeling on Home Care Utilization and Satisfaction with Care." NRSA training grant No. T32 HS00032. The Gerontologist 35(2), 186-195, 1995.

Reschovsky, J.,"The Demand for and Access to Institutional Long-term Care: The Role of Medicaid in Nursing Home Markets." Inquiry 33, 15-29, 1996.

Reschovsky, J., and Ruchlin, H. "Quality of Board and Care Homes Serving Low Income Elderly: Structural and Public Policy Correlates." Journal of Applied Gerontology 12(2), 225-245, 1993.

Spector, W.D. "Cognitive Impairment and Disruptive Behaviors among Elderly Persons Living in the Community: Implications for Targeting Long-Term Care." The Gerontologist 30(1), 51-59, 1991.

Spector, W.D. "Correlates of Pressure Sores in Nursing Homes: Evidence from the National Medical Expenditures Survey." Journal of Investigative Dermatology 102(6), 42S-45S, 1994.

Spector, W.D. "Functional Disability Scales." Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trial, Second Edition. B. Spilker (ed.). New York: Raven Press, 1995.

Spector, W.D."Measuring Cognitive Impairment with Large Data Sets." In M. P. Keenan (ed.). Issues in the Measurement of Cognitive Impairment for Determining Eligibility for Long-Term Care Benefits. Washington, DC: Public Policy Institute, American Association of Retired Persons, 1990.

Spector, W.D., and Jackson, M.E. "Correlates of Disruptive Behaviors in Nursing Homes: A Reanalysis." Journal of Aging and Health 6(2), 173-184, 1994.

Spector, W.D., and Kemper, P. "Disability and Cognitive Impairment Criteria: Targeting Those Who Need the Most Home Care." The Gerontologist 34(5), 640-651, 1994.

Spector, W.D., Reschovsky J., and Cohen, J.D. "Appropriate Placement of Nursing Home Residents in Lower Levels of Care." Milbank Quarterly 74(1), 139-160, 1996.

Spector, W.D., and Takada, H.A. "Characteristics of Nursing Homes that Affect Resident Outcomes." Journal of Aging and Health 4(3), 427-454, 1991.

Stone, R., and Murtaugh, C.M. "The Elderly Population with Chronic Functional Disability: Implications for Home Care Eligibility." The Gerontologist 30(4), 491-496, 1990.

Studenski, S., and Duncan, P.W. "Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes." AHCPR Contract No. 282-91-0028. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 9(4), 823-830, 1993.

Organization and Delivery of Care

Christakis, N., and Escarce, J. "Survival of Medicare Patients after Enrollment in Hospice Programs."AHCPR Grant No. T32 HS00009. New England Journal of Medicine 335, 172-178, 1996.

Cohen, J.W., and Dubay, L.C. "The Effects of Medicaid Reimbursement Method and Ownership on Nursing Home Costs, Case Mix, and Staffing." Inquiry 27(2), 183-200, 1990.

Cohen, J.W., and Spector, W.D. "The Effect of Medicaid Reimbursement on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes." Journal of Health Economics 15, 23-48, 1996.

Freedman, V.A., and Kemper, P."The Design of Home Care Benefits: The Range of Options and Experience." Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Special Issue on Long-Term Care Policy 7(3/4), 129-148, 1996.

Hamilton, V. "The Impact of Ownership Form and Regulatory Measures on Firm Behavior: A Study of Hospices." Nonprofit Management and Leadership 4(4), 415-430, 1994.

Kemper, P. "Case Management Agency Systems of Administering Long-Term Care: Evidence from the Channeling Demonstration." The Gerontologist 30(6), 817-824, 1990.

Leon, J., Potter, D.E.B., and Cunningham, P."Availability of Special Nursing Home Programs for Alzheimers Disease Patients."American Journal of Alzheimer's Care and Related Disorders Research 2-11, Jan/Feb, 1991.

Leon, J., Potter, D.E.B., and Cunningham, P. Current and Projected Availability of Special Nursing Home Programs for Alzheimer's Disease Patients. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Data Summary 1. HHS Publication No. (PHS) 90-3463. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1990.

Murtaugh, C.M. Discharge Planning in Nursing Homes. Health Services Research 28(6), 751-769, 1994.

Spector, W.D., and Takada, H.A."Characteristics of Nursing Homes that Affect Resident Outcomes." Journal of Aging and Health 4(3), 427-454, 1991.

Consumer and Caregiver Behavior

Boaz, R.F., and Muller. C.F. "Why Do Some Caregivers of Disabled and Frail Elderly Quit?" AHCPR Grant No. HS06030. Health Care Financing Review 13(2), 41-47, 1991.

Boaz R.F., and Muller, C.F."Paid Work and Unpaid Help by Caregivers of the Disabled and Frail Elders." AHCPR Grant No. HS06030. Medical Care 30(2), 149-158, 1992.

Boaz, R.F., Muller, C.F., and Hu, J. (1994). "Predicting the Risk of 'Permanent' Nursing Home Residence: The Role of Community Help as Indicated by Family Helpers and Prior Living Arrangements." AHCPR Grant No. HS06672. HSR: Health Services Research 29(4), 391-414.

Freedman, V.A."Family Structure and the Risk of Nursing Home Admission." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 51B(2), S61-S69, 1996.

Kemper, P. Living Arrangement and the Demand for Home Care: An Illustrative Theoretical Model. OM Pub. No. 90-0066. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Division of Long-Term Care Studies Program Note, Rockville, MD, Public Health Service, 1990.

Kemper, P., and Pezzin, L.E."The Effect of Public Provision of Home Care on Living and Care Arrangements: Evidence from the Channeling Experiment." In Eisen, R. and Sloan, F. eds., Alternatives for Ensuring Long-Term Care. Amsterdam: Kluwer Press, pp. 125-146, 1996.

Pezzin, L.E., Kemper, P., and Reschovsky, J. "Does Publicly Provided Home Care Substitute for Family Care? Experimental Evidence with Endogenous Living Arrangements." Journal of Human Resources 31(3), 650-676, 1996.

Pezzin, L.E., and Schone, B.S."The Allocation of Resources in Intergenerational Households: Adult Children and Their Elderly Parents." American Economic Review 87(2), 460-464, 1997.

Shi, L."Family Financial and Household Support Exchange Between Generations: A Survey of Chinese Rural Elderly."AHCPR Grant No. HS06114. The Gerontologist 33(7), 468-480, 1993.

Stone, R., and Short, P. "The Competing Demands of Employment and Informal Caregiving to Disabled Elders." Medical Care 28(6), 513-526, 1990.

Special Populations

Altman, B. Elderly Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Long-Term Care Facilities. Research Findings 25. AHCPR Pub. No. 95-0084. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1995a.

Altman, B. "Causes, Risks and Consequences of Disability in Women." In Krotoski, D., Nosek, M., and Turk, M. (eds.). Health of Women with Physical Disabilities: Achieving and Maintaining Health and Well Being. Baltimore: Paul Brooks Publishers, 1995b.

Altman, B. Definitions of Disability and Their Measurement and Operationalization in Survey Data. Proceedings of the 1994 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. HHS Pub. No. (PHS) 94-1214. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 1994.

Altman, B.M., and Cunningham, P.J."The Dynamic Process of Movement in Residential Settings." American Journal of Mental Retardation 98(2), 304-316, 1993.

Beauregard, K., and Potter, D.E.B. Characteristics of Facilities for the Mentally Retarded. Data Summary 6. AHCPR Pub. No. 92-0067. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1992.

Buchanan, R.J. "Medicaid Policies for Nursing Facility Care Provided to Medicaid Recipients with AIDS." AHCPR Grant No. R01 HS07306. AIDS and Public Policy Journal 10, 94-103, 1995.

Chiodo, L.K., Kanten, D.N., Gerety, M.B., et al. "Functional Status of Mexican American Nursing Home Residents." AHCPR Grant No. HS07397. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 42(3), 293-296, 1994.

Crystal, S., and Sambamoorthi, U. "Functional Impairment Trajectories among Persons with HIV Disease: A Hierarchical Linear Models Approach." AHCPR Grant No. R01 HS06639. Health Services Research 31(4), 469-488, 1996.

Cunningham, P., and Mueller, C. Characteristics of Residents in Facilities for the Mentally Retarded. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Research Findings 6. HHS Pub. No. 90-3468. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1990.

Cunningham, P., and Altman, B. The Effects of Sociodemographic and Contextual Factors on Employment of Persons with Mental Retardation Living in Residential Facilities. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities 5(4), 281-296, 1993.

Fleishman, J.A. "Utilization of Home Care among Persons with HIV Infection." Health Services Research 32(2), 155-175, 1997.

Johnson, A., and Taylor, A. Prevalence of Chronic Diseases: A Summary of Data from the Survey of American Indians and Alaska Natives. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Data Summary 3. AHCPR Pub. No. 91-0031. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1991.

Mulrow, C.D., Chiodo, L.K., Gerety, M.B., et al."Function and Medical Comorbidity in South Texas Nursing Home Residents: Variations by Ethnic Group." AHCPR Grant No. HS07397. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 44(3), 279-284, 1996.

Talamantes, M.A., Cornell, J., Espino, D.V., et al. "SES and Ethnic Differences in Perceived Care-Giver Availability among Young-Old Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites." AHCPR Grant No. HS07397. The Gerontologist 36, 888-899, 1996.

Data Development and Methodological Studies

Carlson, B., Kemper, P., and Murtaugh, C.M. "Constructing a Lifetime Nursing Home Use Data Base from a Sample of Discharges." Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 21(3), 187-211, 1995.

Cohen, S.B., and Potter, D.E.B. An Analysis of Part-Year Nonresponse in the Institutional Population Component of the NMES. Proceedings of the business and economic statistics section. American Statistical Association, pp. 564-569, Winter 1990.

Cohen, S.B., and Potter, D."An Estimation Strategy to Represent the Institutional User Population in the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey." Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 19, 159-177, 1993.

Cohen, S.B., Potter, D.E.B., and Flyer, P. Sample Design of the National Medical Expenditure Survey: Institutional Population Component. National Medical Expenditure Survey, Methods 6. AHCPR Pub. No. 94-0017. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1994.

Gerety, M.B., Williams, J.W., Jr., Mulrow, C.D., et al. "Performance of Case-Finding Tools for Depression in the Nursing Home: Influence of Clinical and Functional Characteristics and Selection of Optimal Threshold Scores." AHCPR Grant No. HS07397. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 42, 1103-1109, 1994.

Guadagnoli, E., and Cleary P. "Age-Related Item Nonresponse in Surveys of Recently Discharged Patients." AHCPR Grant No. HS06341. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 47(3), P206-P212, 1992.

Leon, J., and Siegenthaler, L. "Perspectives on the Major Special Care Units Surveys." Alzheimer's, Disease and Associated Disorders 8 (Supplement 1), S58-S71, 1994.

Mathiowetz, N., and Lair, T. "Getting Better? Changes or Errors in the Reports of Functional Status of the Elderly." Journal of Economics and Social Measurement 20(3), 237-262, 1994.

Morishita, L., Boult, C., Ebbitt, B., et al. "Concurrent Validity of Administering the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Physical Functioning Dimension of the SIP by Telephone." AHCPR Grant No. AG 11047. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 43(6), 680-683, 1995.

Morris, C.N., Norton, E.C., and Zhou, X.A. "Parametric Duration Analysis of Nursing Home Usage." In Lange, N., Ryan, L., Billard, L., Brillinger, D., et al. (eds.). AHCPR Grant No. R01 HS07306. Case Studies in Biometry. New York: Wiley Publishers, 1994, pp. 231-248.

Potter, D.E.B., and Braden, J. Item Nonresponse in the NMES Institutional Survey. Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section, 1993.

Potter, D.E.B., Cunningham, P. Constructing Year-Long Profiles of Resident Histories for a National Sample of Nursing Home Residents. Proceedings of the section on survey research methods. American Statistical Association, 1990, pp. 730-735.

Rakowski, W., Mor, V., and Hiris, J. "An Investigation of Nonresponse to Self-Assessments of Health by Older Persons." AHCPR Grant No. HS06795. Journal of Aging and Health 6(4), 469-488, 1994.

Sommers, J. Results of Frame Development and Cleaning for the National Medical Expenditure Survey: Institutional Population Component Feasibility Study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Establishment Surveys, 1993.

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Funded Grants, 1990-96

Baker, D. I. Impact of Toileting Dependence on Home Care Charges. Yale University, R03 HS06291, 8/89-7/90.

Blewett, L.A. Factors Influencing the Use of Medicare's SNF Service Benefit. University of Minnesota. R03 HS06604, 9/90-12/91.

Blustein, J. Studying Health Care Rationing. New York University. F32 HS00034, 7/90- 6/93.

Boaz, R.F. The Role of Market Work in Providing Time to Help Disabled and Frail Old Parents. City University of New York. R03 HS08232, 9/94-9/97.

Boaz, R.F. Determining the Amount of Help Used by Disabled Elderly at Home, the Role of Coping Resources. City University of New York. R03 HS07861, 3/94-2/96.

Buchanan R.J. State Medicaid Policies for AIDS-Related Health Care. University of Illinois at Chicago. R03 HS07210, 7/92-8/94.

Cagney, K. Determinants of First Nursing Home Entry. Johns Hopkins University. R03 HS09334, 9/96-9/97.

Caro, F.G. Health Outcome Measurement in Nursing Homes. University of Massachusetts. R01 HS07585, 9/93-3/96.

Crystal, S. Health Care Costs and Utilization in AIDS Home Care. Rutgers University. R01 HS06339, 9/94-9/97.Dowd, B.E. A Comparison of S/HMO and TEFRA HMO Enrollees. University of Minnesota. R01 HS07171, 7/92-6/94.

Estes, C.L. Uncertified Unlicensed Structure and Performance. University of California, San Francisco. R01 HS06860, 8/91-7/94.

Grabbe, L.L. Use of Home Care Services in the Last Year of Life. Georgia State University. R03 HS06925, 7/91-3/93.

Greene, V.L. Cost Effectiveness in Community Care for the Elderly. Syracuse University. R18 HS06757, 9/91-8/93.

Grisso, J.A. Nursing Home Residents' Treatment Preferences. University of Pennsylvania. R01 HS06815, 4/92-3/95.

Hamilton, V. The Impact of the Medicare Hospice Benefit on Hospices. Stanford University. R03 HS06619, 8/90-10/91.

Hanley, B.E. HIV Home Health Care Services: Survey and Policy Analysis. University of Maryland. R01 HS06404, 6/90-5/93.

Harrington, C. Home Health and Nursing Home Market Analysis. University of California, San Francisco. R01 HS06174. 5/89-4/91.

Harrington, C. A Nursing Home Consumer Information System. University of California, San Francisco. R01 HS07574, 4/95-3/98.

Hirth, R.A. Nursing Home Quality: Role of Information and Nonprofits. R03 HS06934, 9/91-8/92.

Lupu, D.E. Patterns and Predictors of Nursing Home Readmissions. Johns Hopkins University. R03 HS07495, 9/92-8/94.

Maloney, B.M. Psychoactive Drug Use Post-OBRA: Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts. R03 HS07954, 9/93-8/95.

Mehr, D.R. Outcomes of Lower Respiratory Infections in Nursing Home Residents. University of Missouri, Columbia. R01 HS08551, 9/96-9/99.

Mion, L.C. Use of Physical Restraints for Elderly Patients. Case Western Reserve University. R03 HS06923, 7/91-6/92.

Molloy, D.W. Systematic Application of a Health Care Directive in Long-Term Care Institutions. McMaster University. R01 HS07878, 6/94-8/97.

Mor, V. Payment Source for Elderly Nursing Home Residents. Brown University. R01 HS06233, 4/90-9/91.

Mor, V. Functional Change in Older Adults. Brown University. R01 HS06795, 2/91-1/93.

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AHCPR Publication No. 97-0054
Current as of July 1997


Internet Citation:

AHCPR Research on Long-Term Care. AHCPR Program Note. AHCPR Publication No. 97-0054, July 1997. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/longtrm1.htm


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