Dennis Patrick Scanlon
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
Contact Information
504U Ford Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-1925
Research Interests
Consumer information and health care markets, health insurance and HMO plan performance, measurement of quality, and minority health outcomes.
Teaching Interests
Health Economics, Principles of Managed Care, Econometrics, Overview of the Health Care System.
Selected Publications
Hurley, R.E., Keenan, P., Martsolf, G., Maeng, D.D. and Scanlon, D.P. (2009). “Early Experiences With Consumer Engagement Initiatives To Improve Chronic Care.” Health Affairs. 28(1), 277-283.
Scanlon, D.P., Lindrooth, R., and J.B. Christianson. (2008). “Steering Patients to Safer Hospitals? The Effect of a Tiered Hospital Network on Hospital Admissions.” Health Services Research. 43(5 Pt 2):1849-68
Scanlon, D.P., Swaminathan, S., Lee, W., & Chernew, M. (2008). “Does Competition Improve Health Care Quality?” Health Services Research. 43(6), 1931-1951.
Chernew, M., Gowrisankaran, G., & Scanlon, D.P. (2008). “Learning and the Value of Information: Evidence from Health Plan Report Cards.” Journal of Econometrics. 144(1), 156-174.
Swaminathan, S., Chernew, M., & Scanlon, D.P. (2008). “Persistence of HMO performance measures.” Health Services Research, 43(6), 2033-2049.
Scanlon, D.P., Hollenbeak, C., Beich, J., Dyer, A.M. Gabbay, B. and A. Milstein. (2008). “The Financial and Clinical Impact of Team-Based Treatment for Persons with Diabetes in a Federally Qualified Health Center.” Diabetes Care. 31(11).
Scanlon, D.P., Christianson, J.B., and E. W. Ford. (2008). “Hospital Responses to the Leapfrog Group in Local Markets.” Medical Care Research & Review, 65(2), 207-231.
Ford, E.W., and D.P. Scanlon. (2007). “Promise and Problems with Supply Chain Management Approaches to Health Care Purchasing.” Health Care Management Review, 32(3):192-202.
Nalli, G. A., Scanlon, D. P., and D. Libby. (2007). “Developing a Performance-Based Incentive Program for Hospitals: A Case Study From Maine.” Health Affairs, 26(3), 817-824.
Scanlon, D.P., Swaminathanan, S., Chernew, M., and W. Lee. (2006). “HMO Quality Improvement: Importance of Market and HMO Characteristics.”Medical Care Research & Review, 63(6-supp), 56S-89S.
Scanlon, D.P., Swaminathanan, S., Chernew, M., and W. Lee. (2006). “Competition in Health Insurance Markets: Limitations of Current Measures for Policy Analysis.” Medical Care Research & Review, 63(6-supp), 37S-55S.
Beich, J.J., Scanlon, D.P., Ulbrecht, J., Ford E.W., and I.A. Ibrahim. (2006). “The Role of Disease Management in Pay-for-Performance Programs for Improving the Care of Chronically Ill Patients.” Medical Care Research & Review, 63(1-supp), 96S-116S.
Scanlon, D.P. (2005). “Evidence for Pay-for-Performance: Hope for the U.S. Health Care System? Managed Care, 14(12-supp), 6-10.
Scanlon, D.P., Swaminathan, S., Chernew, M., Bost, J., and J. Shevock. (2005). “Health Plan Performance: Evidence from Managed Care Insurance Markets.” Medical Care, 43(4), 1-9.
Scanlon, D. P., Hollenbeak, C., Lee, W., Loh, E., and P.A. Ubel. (2004). “Does Competition for Transplantable Hearts Encourage Gaming of the Waiting List?” Health Affairs,23(2):191-198.
Chernew, M., Wodchis, W., Scanlon, D. P., and C. McLaughlin. (2004). Overlap in HMO Physician Networks. Health Affairs,23(2):91-101.
Frick, K., Scanlon, D. P., Bandeen-Roche, K., Kasper, J. D., Simonsick, E. M., and E.M. Sullivan. (2004). “Racial similarities in influenza vaccination rates among vulnerable Medicare enrollees.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved,15(2):220-236.
Selby, J.V., Scanlon, D.P., Elston-Lafata, J., Villagra, V., Beich, J., and P.R. Salber. (2003). “Determining the Value of Disease Management Programs.” Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, 29(19):491-499.
Scanlon, D. P., Chernew, M. E., McLaughlin, C. M., and G. Solon. (2002). “The Impact of Health Plan Report Cards on Managed Care Enrollment.” The Journal of Health Economics, 21(1):119-42.
Scanlon, D. P., Chernew, M. E., Doty, H. E., and D. G. Smith. (2001). “Options for Assessing PPO Quality: Accreditation and Profiling as Accountability Strategies.” Medical Care Research & Review, 58(supplement 1):70-100.
Smith, D. G. and D. P. Scanlon. (2001). “Covered Lives in PPOs.” Medical Care Research & Review, 58(supplement 1): 16-33.
Scanlon, D. P., Darby, C., Rolph, E., and H. E. Doty. (2001). "The Role of Performance Measures for Improving Quality in Managed Care Organizations.” Health Services Research, 36(3):619-641.
Scanlon, D. P., Rolph, E., Darby, C., and H. E. Doty. (2000). "Are Managed Care Plans Organizing for Quality?" Medical Care Research and Review, 57(supplement 2), 9-32.
Scanlon, D. P. and M. E. Chernew. (2000) “Managed Care and Performance Measurement: Implications for Insurance Markets.” North Atlantic Actuarial Journal, Volume 4(2), 128-138, April.
Scanlon, D. P. and M. E. Chernew. (1999). “HEDIS Measures and Managed Care Enrollment.” Medical Care Research and Review, 56(2), 60-84.
Scanlon D. P. and T. J. Hendrix. (1998). “Health Plan Accreditation: NCQA, JCAHO, or Both?” Managed Care Quarterly, 6(4) 52-61, Autumn.
Chernew M. E., Scanlon, D. P., and R. Hayward. (1998). "Insurance Type and Choice of Hospital for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery." Health Services Research, 33(1), 447-466, August.
Chernew, M. E. and D. P. Scanlon. (1998). “Health Plan Report Cards and Insurance Choice.” Inquiry, 35(1), pp. 9-22. Spring.
Scanlon, D. P., Chernew, M., Sheffler, S., and A.M. Fendrick. (1998). “Health Plan Report Cards: Exploring Differences in Plan Ratings.” Journal on Quality Improvement, 24(1), pp. 5-20, January.
Ubel, P., Loewenstein, G., and D. P. Scanlon. (1998). "Value Measurement in Cost-Utility Analysis: Explaining the Discrepancy between Rating Scale and Person Trade-off Elicitations." Health Policy, 43, pp. 33-44.
Scanlon, D. P., Chernew, M., and J. Lave. (1997). "Consumer Health Plan Choice: Current Knowledge and Future Directions” The Annual Review of Public Health, 18:507-28.
Chernew, M. E., R. Hayward, and D. P. Scanlon. (1996).“Managed Care and Open Heart Surgery Facilities in California”. Health Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 1, 191-201, Spring.
Ubel, P., G. Loewenstein, D. P. Scanlon, and M. S. Kamlet. (1996). “Individual Utilities are Inconsistent With Rationing Choices: A Partial Explanation of Why Oregon’s Cost-Effectiveness List Failed.” Medical Decision Making, Vol. 16, No. 2, 108-116, April-June.
Reports
Scanlon, DP and Chernew, ME and HE Doty. April 4, 2001. A Guide for Evaluating the Impact of Value-based Purchasing Initiatives.” Technical paper commissioned for an expert meeting entitled,“Undestanding How Employers Can Be Catalysts for Quality: Insights for a Research Agenda.” Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Washington, D.C.
Scanlon, DP, Chernew, ME, Doty, HE and DG Smith. 2001. “Options for Assessing PPO Quality.” Technical paper commissioned for National PPO Conference to be held in Washington, D.C., March, 2001.
Scanlon, DP and ME Chernew. “The Relationship Between HEDIS Measures and Health Plan Enrollment”. Final Report issued to the Society of Actuaries. March 1999.
Scanlon DP, and MS Kamlet. “Assessing the Assumptions Behind Consumers' Choice of Insurance Plans: The Implications of Such Choices for Projecting Economic Impacts of Differing Approaches to Health Reform.” Report prepared for The Congress of The United States, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, D.C., 1994.
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Health Services Organization and Policy - Economics Concentration, University of Michigan School of Public Health