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Major Research Areas
Gerontology and Geriatrics
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Deborah Ossip
Behavioral medicine, health impact of lifestyle change with
particular focus on cigarette smoking, obesity, aging, child/adolescent
outcomes measurement, and community intervention.
Sarah Trafton
My interest in Aging issues include 1) legal and regulatory issues
affecting health care access and service delivery, and 2) design
and regulation of long-term care services and financing, especially
for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Molly McNulty
Public policy and child health, access to care, Medicaid, gender
equity, advocacy William Barker
Epidemiology and preventive aspects of influenza, stroke, hip fracture,
congestive heart failure in older populations; Health services organization
and professional development in geriatric medicine; Preventive medicine
curriculum development. Dana Mukamel
My research interests include aging and long-term care, provision
of high quality cost effective care and the effect of markets and
government policies on it. Recent publications include:
Mukamel DB, Bajorska A, Temkin-Greener H. Health care services
utilization at the end of life in PACE - a managed care program
integrating acute and long-term care. Submitted for publication
2002.
Mukamel DB, Spector WD. The Competitive Nature of the Nursing
Home Industry: Price Mark Ups and Elasticities. Applied Economics
2002;34(4):413-420.
Mukamel DB. Risk-adjusted outcome measures and quality of care
in nursing homes. Medical Care 1997;35:367-385.
Mukamel DB, Chou C, Zimmer JG, Rothenberg B. The Effect of Accurate
Patient Screeningon the Cost-Effectiveness of Case Management
Programs. The Gerontologist 1997;37:777-784.
Mukamel DB, Temkin-Greener H, Clark M. Stability of Disability
Among PACE Enrollees: Financial and Programmatic Implications.
Health Care Financing Review 1998;19(3):83-100.
Bruce Friedman
Since 1974, all of Dr. Friedman's work-related positions have
exclusively focused on or had a major focus on the aged, especially
the chronically ill, functionally impaired elderly. He has worked
for the New York State Department of Health as a surveyor of nursing
homes, as a strategic planner on a variety of activities related
to the chronically ill and aged at the healthcare system, hospital,
and nursing home level, in a variety of roles on several Medicare
demonstration projects (ACCESS:Medicare, the Medicare Alzheimer's
Disease Demonstration, and, currently, the Medicare Primary and
Consumer-Directed Care Demonstration), and as a researcher examining
case management, geriatric practice in Medicare health maintenance
organizations, variations in Medicare spending across the states,
and differences in Medicare services utilization between a Social
Health Maintenance Organization (Social HMO) and a Medicare risk
HMO. Currently, through his involvement in the Medicare Primary
and Consumer-Directed Care Demonstration, Dr. Friedman has been
investigating the impact on the health, functional status, and health
services use and expenditures of functionally impaired elderly persons
of the following: (1) a Health Promotion Nurse intervention, (2)
vouchers paying for additional services not normally covered by
Medicare, and (3) a combination of the two interventions. Recently,
he received a 5-year Mentored Research Scientist Career Development
Award from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the
relationship between depression and function and their impacts on
healthcare service use and costs for older persons. Scott McIntosh
Self-help interventions for smoking cessation and behavioral change
with various populations. Helena Temkin-Greener
Health services research focusing on organization, financing,
and delivery of care for the elderly; development of risk-adjusted
payment models, and outcomes research. James Zimmer
Health services research on aging and long term care.
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