Pamela Farley Short
Professor of Health Policy and Administration
Director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research
Contact Information
504E Ford Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-8786
Research Interests
Public policies governing the organization and financing of health insurance and health care; Personal and social costs of cancer; Changes in people's lives (health insurance, employment, health) over time.
Teaching Interests
Health economics, Research methods, Managed care
Selected Publications
Short, P.F. (2004). Counting and Characterizing the Uninsured. In C. McLaughlin (ed.), Health Policy and the Uninsured. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press.
Short, P.F., D. Graefe. (2003). Battery-Powered Health Insurance? Stability in Coverage of the Uninsured, Health Affairs 22(6):244-255, November-December.
Short, P.F., D.Shea, M.P. Powell. (2003). Health Insurance for Americans Approaching 65: Options for Incremental Reform, Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law 28(1): 41-75, February.
Uhrig, J., P.F. Short. (2002/2003). Testing the Effect of Quality Reports on Health Plan Choices of Medicare Beneficiaries, Inquiry 39(4):355-371.
Farley, D.O., M. Elliott, P.F. Short, P. Damiano, D. Kanouse, R.D. Hays. (2002). Impact of CAHPS Performance Information on Health Care Choices by Iowa Medicaid Beneficiaries, Medical Care Research and Review 59(3): 319-36, September.
Farley, D., P.F. Short, M. Elliott, D. Kanouse, J. Brown, R. Hays. (2002). Effects of CAHPS Health Plan Performance Information on Plan Choices by New Jersey Medicaid Beneficiaries, Health Services Research 37(4), 985-1007, August.
Short, P.F., L. McCormack, J. Hibbard, J.A. Shaul, L. Harris-Kojetin, M.H. Fox, P. Damiano, J. Uhrig, P.D. Cleary. (2002). Similarities and Differences in Choosing Health Plans, Medical Care 40: 289-302, April.
Short, P.F., D. Shea, M.P. Powell. (2001). A Workable Solution for the Pre-Medicare Population, Inquiry 38(2): 214-224, Summer.
Schoenbaum, M., M. Spranca, M. Elliott, J. Bhattacharya, P.F. Short. (2001). Health Plan Choice and Information about Out-of-Pocket Costs: An Experimental Analysis, Inquiry 38(1): 35-48, Spring.
Shea, D., P.F. Short, M.P. Powell. (2001). Betwixt and Between: Targeting Coverage Reforms to Those Approaching Medicare, Health Affairs 20(1):217-230.
Short, P.F. (2000). Hitting a Moving Target: Income-Related Health Insurance Subsidies for the Uninsured. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 19(3):383-406, Summer.
Education
Ph.D., 1984, Economics, Yale University
B.A, 1975, Economics, Wellesley College