Project 5 - Effects of Nursing Home Payment on Patient-Centered Outcomes for Older Adults and People with ADRD

Adam Sacarny is an assistant professor of health policy and management at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. His research explores the relationship between health care payment policy, provider and patient decision-making, and clinical quality.

Tal Gross is a professor in the Department of Markets, Public Policy & Law at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. His research focuses on health insurance and household finance. 

Maggie Shi is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. She studies how policy decisions shape the behavior of healthcare providers and their patients, and the implications for the cost and quality of health care.

David Silver is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on health economics, largely in the US context, with a focus on provider behavior and productivity, as well as the effects of government programs on health care access and health outcomes.

Kathleen T. Unroe is the Cornelius and Yvonne Pettinga Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Her research, clinical and policy interests are focused on improving quality of care — particularly access to palliative and end-of-life care — for nursing home residents. 

David C. Grabowski is a professor of health care policy in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. His research examines the economics of aging with a particular interest in the areas of long-term care and post-acute care.

Kali Thomas is the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor in Aging and Community Health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. 

Jennifer Carnahan is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on improving care for older adults in nursing homes, most recently focusing on transitions of care from the skilled nursing facility (SNF) setting to home for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.