Peter Kemper
Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography
Contact Information
504Q Ford Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-6899
Research Interests
Long term care financing and policy, long term care workforce, evaluation design
Teaching Interests
Research methods, policy analysis, long term care
Selected Publications
P. Kemper, D. Brannon, B. Heier, T. Barry, A. Stott, and B. Heier, “Implementation of the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstration: Lessons for Long Term Care Workforce Initiatives.” The Gerontologist, forthcoming.
P. Kemper, B. Heier, T. Barry, D. Brannon, J. Angelelli, J. Vasey, and M. Anderson-Knott, “What Do Direct Care Workers Say Would Improve their Jobs? Differences across Settings.” The Gerontologist, forthcoming.
P. Kemper, F. Weaver, P.F. Short, D. Shea, and H. Kang, “Meeting the Need for Personal Care among the Elderly: Does Medicaid Home Care Spending Matter?” Health Services Research, February 2008.
P. Kemper, “Social Experimentation at Its Best: The Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Its Implications.” Health Services Research, February 2007.
P. Kemper, H.L. Komisar, and L. Alexcih, “Long Term Care over an Uncertain Future: What Can Current Retirees Expect?” Inquiry, Winter 2005/2006.
P. Kemper, “Long Term Care Research and Policy.” The Gerontologist, August 2003.
P. Kemper, H.T. Tu, J.D. Reschovsky, and E. Schaefer, “Insurance Product Design and Its Effects: Trade-offs along the Managed Care Continuum.” Inquiry, Summer 2002.
P. Kemper and J.D. Reschovsky, “Do HMOs Make a Difference?” Inquiry, Winter, 1999/2000.
P. Kemper et al., “The Design of the Community Tracking Study: A Longitudinal Study of Health System Change and Its Effects on People.” Inquiry, Summer 1996.
L.E. Pezzin, P. Kemper, and J.D. Reschovsky, “Does Publicly Provided Home Care Substitute for Family Care? Experimental Evidence with Endogenous Living Arrangements.” Journal of Human Resources, Summer 1996.
C.M. Murtaugh, P. Kemper and B.C. Spillman, “Risky Business: Long-Term Care Insurance Underwriting.” Inquiry, Fall 1995.
P. Kemper, “The Use of Formal and Informal Home Care by the Disabled Elderly.” Health Services Research, October 1992.
P. Kemper and C.M. Murtaugh, "Lifetime Nursing Home Use." The New England Journal of Medicine, February 1991.
P. Kemper et al., “The Evaluation of the National Long Term Care Demonstration.” Health Services Research, April 1988.
P. Kemper, R.A. Applebaum and M. Harrigan, "Community Care Demonstrations: What Have We Learned?" Health Care Financing Review, Summer 1987
Education
Ph.D., 1973, Economics, Yale University
B.A, 1966, Mathematics, Oberlin College