This page allows you to download PDF files of HCRI publications. This includes all publications that were written by HCRI staff or commissioned on our behalf.

HCRI has also funded research projects that have yielded papers published in a variety of academic journals and other forums. A list of the research projects can be seen here; this list contains links to complete information about publications arising out of HCRI-funded research.


Policy briefs and fact sheets


Ahrens, Joann (based on the work of Chris M. Murtaugh, Nelda McCall, Stanley Moore, and Ann Meadow).
Research Brief:
The Impact of Medicare Home Health Policy Changes on Medicare Beneficiaries: Part II.
Winter 2005


Ahrens, Joann and Chris Murtaugh (based on the work of Brenda C. Spillman, Mark J. Warchawsky, and Chris M. Murtaugh).
Research Brief:
Creating More Choices for Older Adults: Financing LTC Through an Integrated Income and Disability Annuity.
Winter 2005


Allen, Susan M.
Policy Brief:
Canes, Crutches and Home Care Services:
The Interplay of Human and Technological Assistance.

Fall 2001


Bartels, Stephan J., Miles, Keith M., and Aricca R. Dums.
Policy Brief:
Improving the Quality of Care for Older Adults with Mental Disorders: The Outcomes-Based Treatment Planning System of the NH-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center.
Spring 2002


Chen, Yung-Ping.
Policy Brief:
Funding Long-Term Care by Applying the Trade-Off Principle to Public and Private Insurance.
Winter 2003


Cohen, Marc, and Jessica Miller.
Policy Brief:
The Impact of Private Long-Term Care Insurance on Claimants: Formal and Informal Care in the Community.
Spring 2002


Cohen, Marc, and Jessica Miller.
Policy Brief:
The Use of Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facilities Among Private Long-Term Care Insurance Claimants: The Experience of Disabled Elders.
Spring 2002


Fries, Brant E., and James, Mary.
Policy Brief:
Identifying "Appropriate" Applicants for Home and Community Based Services: The MI Choice Screening System.
Spring 2003


Feldman, Penny H., Pamela Nadash, and Michal Gursen.
Policy Brief:
Improving Communication Between Researchers and Policy Makers in Long-Term Care Or
"Researchers are from Mars; Policy Makers are from Venus."

Fall 2001


Gottlieb, Alison S., and Francis G. Caro.
Policy Brief:
Extending the Effectiveness of Home Care for Elders Through Low-Cost Assistive Equipment.
Fall 2001


McCall, Nelda, and Korb, Jodi.
Policy Brief:
The Impact of Medicare Home Health Policy Changes on Medicare Beneficiaries.
Spring 2003


McCall, Nelda, and Korb, Jodi.
Fact Sheet:
Medicare Home Health Use after the 1997 BBA.
Spring 2003


Murtaugh, Christopher M., David G. Stevenson, Penny H. Feldman, and Mia R. Oberlink.
Policy Brief:
State Expenditures on Home and Community-Based Care for Disabled Elders.
Fall/Winter 2000


Nadash, Pamela and Joann Ahrens (based on the paper by Dennis L. Kodner and Corinne Kay Kyriacou, commissioned for this program).
Policy Brief:
Bringing Managed Care Home to the Long-Term Care Population
Winter 2005


Nadash, Pamela and Joann Ahrens (based on the papers by Susan L. Hughes and Michael S. Sparer, commissioned for this program).
Policy Brief:
Managed Care and Long-Term Care: A Potential Solution?
Winter 2005


Stevenson, David G., Christopher M. Murtaugh, Penny H. Feldman, and Mia R. Oberlink.
Policy Brief:
Expanding Publicly Financed Assisted Living and Other Residential Alternatives for Disabled Older Persons: Issues and Options.
Fall/Winter 2000


Stevenson, David G., Christopher M. Murtaugh, Penny H. Feldman, and Mia R. Oberlink.
Policy Brief:
Expanding Publicly Financed Managed Long-Term Care Programs to Provide Greater Access to Home and Community-Based Care.
Fall/Winter 2000


Stewart, Kate (based on the paper by Douglas A. Wolf, Kelly Hunt and James Knickman)
Policy Brief:
Perspectives on the Recent Decline in Disability at Older Ages.
Spring 2006


Weissert, William.
Policy Brief:
More for Less in Long-Term Care Services: Titrating Payment to Risk, Value and Effectiveness.
Fall/Winter 2000


Commissioned papers
 

Benjamin, A.E. 1999.
"A Normative Analysis of Home Care Goals."
In Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 445-468

 

Bishop, Christine E. 1999.
"Efficiency of Home Care: Notes for an Economic Approach to Resource Allocation."
In Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 277-298.

 

Callahan, Jr., James J., Jennie Chin Hansen, Rosalie A. Kane, William Weissert, Thomas E. Brown, Jr., and Joan L. Quinn. 1999.
"Experts Answer Five Critical Questions About Integration of Care."
In Integration of Care in a Changing Environment (special issue).
Generations, 22(2): 57-74.

 

Capitman, John. 2003.
"Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services."
Introduction to Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 124-164.

 

Cohen, Marc A. 2003.
"Private Long-Term Care Insurance: A Look Ahead."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 74-98.

 

Chen, Yung-Ping. 2003.
"Funding Long-Term Care: Applications of the Trade-off Principle in Both Public and Private Sectors.”"
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 15-44.

 

Feldman, Penny Hollander. 2003.
"Introductory Essay: From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 5-14.
 
Feldman, Penny Hollander. 1999.
"’Doing More for Less’: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-Based Care."
Introduction to Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 261-276.

 

Fisher, Holly Michaels and Terrie G. Raphael. 2003.
"Managed Long-Term Care: Care Integration through Care Coordination."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health,
15(1): 223-248.

 

Hughes, Susan L., Sanford Finkel, Bradley R. Fulton, Kathryne Harter, Perry Edelman, and Teresa Waters. 2003.
"Evaluation of the Managed Community Care Demonstration Project."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 249-271.

 

Kane, Rosalie A. 1999.
"Goals of Home Care: Therapeutic, Compensatory, Either, or Both?"
In Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 299-321.

 

Kane, Robert L. 1999.
"Examining the Efficiency of Home Care."
In Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 322-340.

 

Kodner, Dennis L., and Corinne Kay Kyriacou. 2003.
"Bringing Managed Care Home to People with Chronic, Disabling Conditions: Prospects and Challenges for Policy, Practice and Research."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 189-222.

 

Levine, Carol. 1999.
“Home Sweet Hospital: The Nature and Limits of Private Responsibilities for Home Health Care.”
In Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 341-359.

 

Leutz, Walter. 1998.
"Homecare Benefits for Persons with Disabilities."
American Rehabilitation, 24(3): 6-14.

 

Mollica, Robert L. 2003.
"Coordinating Services Across the Continuum of Health, Housing and Supportive Services."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 165-188.

 

Montgomery, Rhonda J. V. 1999.
"The Family Role in the Context of Long-Term Care."
In Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 383-416.

 

Sparer, Michael S. 2003.
"Managed Long-Term Care: Limits and Lessons."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 272-291.

 

Spillman, Brenda C., Christopher M. Murtaugh, and Mark Warshawsky. 2003.
"Policy Implications of an Annuity Approach to Integrating Long-Term Care Financing and Retirement Income."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 45-73.

 

Stone, Deborah. 2000.
"Reframing Home Health Care Policy."
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Radcliffe Public Policy Center.

 

Weissert, William G., Michael E. Chernew, and Richard Hirth. 2003.
"Titrating Versus Targeting Home Care Services to Frail Elderly Clients: An Application of Agency Theory and Cost-Benefit Analysis to Home Care Policy."
In From Philosophy to Practice: Selected Issues in Financing and Coordinating Long-Term Care (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 15(1): 99-123.

 

Wiener, Joshua M., and Alison Evans Cuellar. 1999.
"Public and Private Responsibilities: Home- and Community-Based Services in the United Kingdom and Germany."
In Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 417-444.

 

Wolf, Douglas A. 1999.
"The Family as Provider of Long-Term Care: Efficiency, Equity, and Externalities."
In Goals, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness: Advancing the Conceptual Underpinnings of Home-based Services (special issue).
Journal of Aging and Health, 11(3): 360-382.

 

Wolf, Douglas A., Kelly Hunt and James Knickman. 2005.
"Perspectives on the Recent Decline in Disability at Older Ages."
The Milbank Quarterly, 83(3): 365-395.

 



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