Center on Population Health and Aging
Biosketch - Peter Kemper
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POSITION TITLE: Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Long term care financing and policy; managed care; Medicare post-acute care.
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The Effect of State Home Care Policies on Unmet Need for Personal Care Evaluation of PACE as a Permanent Program and a For-Profit Demonstration (2001-2005) Center on Population Health and Aging (2004-2008) Evaluation of the Better Jobs, Better Care Demonstration (2004-2008) |
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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. , P. Kemper , 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. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Murtaugh, C.M. , P. Kemper , B.C. Spillman and B.L. Carlson (1997). "The Amount, Distribution, and Timing of Lifetime Nursing Home Use." Medical Care 35(3):204-218. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Ginsburg, P.B. , P. Kemper , 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?? |Full Text| |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Reschovsky, J.D. , P. Kemper and 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?? |Full Text| |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Reschovsky, J.D. , P. Kemper , H.T. Tu , T.K. Lake and H.J. Wong (2000). "Do HMOs Make a Difference?." Issue Brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) 28:1-8. |Full Text| |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Kemper, P. , H.T. Tu , 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. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Kemper, P. (2003). "Long-Term Care Research and Policy." The Gerontologist 43(4):436-446. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Kemper, P. , H.L. Komisar and L. Alecxih (2005). "Long-Term Care Over an Uncertain Future: What Can Current Retirees Expect?." Inquiry 42(4):335-350. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Brannon, S.D. , T. Barry , P. Kemper , 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. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| 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?? |Journal Home Page| Stott, A.L. , S.D. Brannon , J.J. Vasey , K. Dansky and P. Kemper (2007). "Baseline Management Practices at Providers in Better Jobs Better Care." Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 28(2):17-36. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Barry, T. , 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. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Kemper, P. , B. Heier , T. Barry , S.D. Brannon , J.J. Angelelli , 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. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Kemper, P. , S.D. Brannon , T. Barry , 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. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Kemper, P. , F.M. Weaver , P.F. Short , 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. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Brannon, S.D. , 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. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| |
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