HCPR

Past Study Summaries

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• Adherence to Standards for Treating Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia.
  Funded by: Academic Medicine and Managed Care Forums Quality Care Research Funds(Merck & Company).
  Project Period: 12/99-6/01
  
  
• Quality of Care and Survival in Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia
  Funded by: Academic Medicine and Managed Care Forums Quality Care Research Funds(Merck & Company).
  Project Period: 12/99-6/00
  
  
• Evaluation of Nursing Home Quality Since the Implementation of OBRA 1987.
  Funded by: Hartford/AFAR Academic Geriatrics Fellowship.
  Project Period: 7/99-7/00
  
  
• The Role of Care Coordination in Reducing Emergency Department Utilization.
  Funded by: John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence Faculty Development Award and American Geriatric Society/Pfizer Fellowship for Research in Health Outcomes in Geriatrics.
  Project Period: 6/99-5/01
  
  
• The Appropriateness of Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios for Nursing Homes.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project Period: 3/99-6/01
  
  
• Development and Testing of a Minimum Data Set Accuracy Verification Protocol.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Subcontract from: Abt Associates.
  Project period: 9/1/98 - 2/29/00
  
  
• The Influence of Physicians' Attitudes and Behaviors on Patient Outcomes at the End of Life.
  Funded by: John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence Faculty Development Award.
  Project period: 7/98-6/00
  
  
• Medicare Post-Acute Care: Quality Measurement.
  Funded by: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
  Subcontract from: The Urban Institute
  Project Period: 10/1/97 - 3/31/00
  
  
• Study of the Effectiveness of Current Long Term Care Survey and Certification.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Subcontract from: Abt Associates.
  Project period: 1/1/97 - 3/30/00
  
  
• Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Evaluation.
  Funded by: The John A. Hartford Foundation.
  Project period: 1/1/97 - 12/31/99
  
  
• Prospective Payment System Development for Skilled Nursing Facilities.
  Funded by: American Health Care Association and National Subacute Care Association.
  Project period: 11/1/96 - 3/31/98
  
  
• Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents Phone Survey.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project period: 9/25/96 - 9/1/97
  
  
• Test of a Managed Care Approach for Elderly Medicare Patients at University Hospital.
  Funded by: University Hospital, University Hospital Managed Care Project.
  Project period: 9/1/96 - 2/28/98
  
  
• Analysis of Rehabilitation Care and Outcomes.
  Funded by: National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research Grant.
  Project period: 8/96 - 10/97
  
  
• Developing an Outcome-Based Continuous Quality Improvement System for the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project period: 9/96 - 9/04
  
  
• Evaluation of the Effects of Case Management for High-Risk Elderly Patients.
  Funded by: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  Project period: 2/96 - 8/98
  
  
• Quality Assurance for Phase II of the Home Health Agency Prospective Payment Demonstration.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project period: 1995 - 2001.
  
  
• Nursing Home Case Mix and Quality Demonstration Evaluation.
  Funded by: The Health Care Financing Administration.
  Subcontract from: Abt Associates.
  Project period: 10/94 - 9/99
  
  
• Maximizing the Cost Effectiveness of Home Health Care: The Influence of Service Volume and Integration with Other Care Settings on Patient Outcome.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project period: 1994 - 2000.
  
  
• Quality of Home Health Care: A Rural-Urban Comparisons.
  Funded by: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
  Project period: 1993 - 1999.
  
  
• Evaluation of the Nursing Facility Survey and Certification Process.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project period: 9/91 - 6/97
  
  
• Evaluation of Innovative Rehabilitation Alternatives and Critical Dimensions of Rehabilitation Care.
  Funded by: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  Project period: 9/91 - 10/96
  
  
• A Policy Study of the Cost-Effectiveness of Institutional Subacute Care Alternatives and Services.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration. Period: 5/90 - 7/96
  
  

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