Peter Kemper's Information
POSITION TITLE: Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Long term care financing and policy; managed care; Medicare post-acute care.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Linking Individual, Family, and Population Health over Time
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1973-1977 Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College
1976-1977 Visiting Research Associate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin
1977-1983 Senior Economist, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
1983-1986 Director, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Madison, WI Office
1986-1989 Senior Fellow, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
1989-1995 Director, Division of Long Term Care Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
1995-2001 Vice President, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC
2000-2001 Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Washington, DC
2004-2005 Interim Director, Center for Health Care and Policy Research, The Pennsylvania State University
2001-Present Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1990-1995 Editorial Board, Home Health Care Services Quarterly
1991-2000 Editorial Board, The Gerontologist
1993 Leader, Long Term Care Insurance Options Work Group, Clinton Health Reform Task Force
1994 Member, National Academy on Aging Advisory Panel on the Future of Community-Based Long Term Care
1997-2000 Commissioner, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
2002 Member, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Health Services Research Study Section
2003-2005 Chair, Long Term Care Interest Group in AcademyHealth
2004 Fellow, The Gerontological Society of America
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Short, P.F.
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P. Kemper
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L.J. Cornelius
and
D.C. Walden
(1992).
"Public and Private Responsibility for Financing Nursing Home Care: The Effect of Medicaid Asset Spend-Down."
Milbank Quarterly 70(2):277-298.
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Murtaugh, C.M.
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P. Kemper
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B.C. Spillman
and
B.L. Carlson
(1997).
"The Amount, Distribution, and Timing of Lifetime Nursing Home Use."
Medical Care 35(3):204-218.
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Ginsburg, P.B.
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P. Kemper
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R.J. Baxter
and
L.T. Kohn
(2000).
"The Community Tracking Study Analyses of Market Change: Introduction."
Health Services Research 35(1 (Part 1)):7-16.
PMCID: PMC1089112??
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Reschovsky, J.D.
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P. Kemper
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H.T. Tu
(2000).
"Does Type of Health Insurance Affect Health Care Use and Assessments of Care among the Privately Insured?."
Health Services Research 35(1 (Part 2)):219-237.
PMCID: PMC1089097??
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Reschovsky, J.D.
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P. Kemper
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H.T. Tu
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T.K. Lake
and
H.J. Wong
(2000).
"Do HMOs Make a Difference?."
Issue Brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) 28:1-8.
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Kemper, P.
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H.T. Tu
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J.D. Reschovsky
and
E. Schaefer
(2002).
"Insurance Product Design and Its Effects: Trade-Offs along the Managed Care Continuum."
Inquiry 39(2):101-117.
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Kemper, P.
(2003).
"Long-Term Care Research and Policy."
The Gerontologist 43(4):436-446.
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Kemper, P.
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H.L. Komisar
and
L. Alecxih
(2005).
"Long-Term Care Over an Uncertain Future: What Can Current Retirees Expect?."
Inquiry 42(4):335-350.
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Brannon, S.D.
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T. Barry
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P. Kemper
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A.S. Schreiner
and
J.J. Vasey
(2007).
"Job Perceptions and Intent to Leave among Direct Care Workers: Evidence from the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstrations."
Gerontologist 47(6):820-829.
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Kemper, P.
(2007).
"Commentary: Social Experimentation at Its Best: The Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Its Implications."
Health Services Research 42(1p2):577-586.
PMCID: PMC1955327??
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Stott, A.L.
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S.D. Brannon
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J.J. Vasey
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K. Dansky
and
P. Kemper
(2007).
"Baseline Management Practices at Providers in Better Jobs Better Care."
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 28(2):17-36.
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Barry, T.
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P. Kemper
and
S.D. Brannon
(2008).
"Measuring Worker Turnover in Long-Term Care: Lessons from the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstration."
Gerontologist 48(3):394-499.
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Kemper, P.
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B. Heier
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T. Barry
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S.D. Brannon
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J.J. Angelelli
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J.J. Vasey
and
M. Anderson-Knott
(2008).
"What Do Direct Care Workers Say Would Improve Their Jobs? Differences Across Settings."
Gerontologist 48(Spec No 1):17-25.
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Kemper, P.
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S.D. Brannon
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T. Barry
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A.L. Stott
and
B. Heier
(2008).
"Implementation of the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstration: Lessons for Long-Term Care Workforce Initiatives."
The Gerontologist 48:26-35.
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Kemper, P.
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F.M. Weaver
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P.F. Short
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D.G. Shea
and
H. Kang
(2008).
"Meeting the Need for Personal Care Among the Elderly: Does Medicaid Home Care Spending Matter?."
Health Services Research 43(1p2):344-362.
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Brannon, S.D.
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P. Kemper
and
T. Barry
(2009).
"North Carolina's Direct Care Workforce Development Journey: The Case of the North Carolina New Organizational Vision Award Partner Team."
Health Care Management Review 34(3):284-293.
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