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Laurel Hixon

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PhD Candidate, University of Technology, Sydney

MSPH, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

BA Psychology/Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Senior Lecturer

Research Associate, Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research (AIPAR)

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G22G 

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Australian School of Business Building, East Wing, Ground Floor
Thesis topic: Modeling provider service structure and allocation decisions in the community aged care sector in New South Wales.

Publications

  • Laurel Hixon, "Sharing the Burden: Understanding the Roles of Public and Private Insurance in Financing Aged Care," Economic Papers, September 2011, Vol. 30, Issue 3, pp. 316-325
  • Laurel Hixon, Lynn Chenoweth, and Elizabeth Savage, "Environmental and organizational factors associated with integrated aged care delivery structures in New South Wales" August 2011


Books and book chapters

 

  • Sharing the burden: public and private long-term care financing (Brookings Institution). With JM Wiener and RJ. Hanley, 1994
  • Private insurance options for long-term care financing. In New Agendas in Community Care for the Elderly, D Challis, B Davies, and K Traske, editors (British Society of Gerontology Press). With JM Wiener, 1994
  • The good, the bad, and the ugly: comparing models of long-term care financing. In A Secure Old Age: Approaches to Long-Term Care Financing, EL Schneider, editor (Springer Publishing), 1995
  • Health care organization, financing and policy. In Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, LK George and RH Binstock, editors, (Academic Press). With JM Wiener, 1996

 

Journal articles

 

  • Choosing and living in an adult foster care home in Oregon: Comparison with Life in a Nursing Home. Am J Pub Health, September 1991. With RA Kane, RL Kane, and JA Nyman
  • Financing long-term care: how much public? How much private? Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Fall 1992. With JM Wiener and RJ Hanley
  • Qualitative analysis of the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. The Gerontologist, December 1992. With RL Kane and N Miller
  • Health care reform: six questions for President Clinton. The Brookings Review, Spring 1993. With JM Wiener
  • Options for long-term care financing reform: public and private strategies. Journal of Long-Term Care Administration, Fall 1993. With JM Wiener
  • How to share the burden: long-term care reform in the 1990's. The Brookings Review, Spring 1994. With JM Wiener
  • Health care reform in the 1990s: where does long-term care fit in? The Gerontologist, June 1994. With JM Wiener
  • Home care quality: concept and measurement. Health Care Financing Review, Fall 1994. With RA Kane, RL Kane and NN Eustis
  • The Substitutability of Adult Foster Care for Nursing Home Care in Oregon. Medical care, 1997. 35(8), pp. 801-813. With J. Nyman, M. Finch, RA Kane, and RL Kane
  • Determinants of Geropsychiatric Inpatient Length of Stay. Psychiatric Quarterly, April 2005. Vol. 76, No. 2. With K. Blank, C Gruman, J Robison, G Hickey and H Schwartz
  • Medicare prescription drug choices in the U.S.: A Challenge to rational behavior, In Progress

 

Other publications

 

  • Appropriate public policy objectives in nursing home reimbursement. Requirement for MSPH degree. April 1986
  • Adult foster care in Oregon: evaluation. Oregon Department of Human Resources. May 1989. With RA Kane, RL Kane, and JA Nyman
  • Quality of home care: concept and measurement. Health Care Financing Administration. April 1990. With RA Kane, N Eustis, and RL Kane
  • Meshing service with housing: lessons from adult foster care and assisted living in Oregon. John A. Hartford Foundation. May 1990. With RA Kane, RL Kane, and JA Nyman
  • Bush's health care plan: skimpy proposal won't stop the pain. The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 16, 1992. With JM Wiener
  • Welfare reform: it's just not that simple. The Hill Rag, May 1992
  • Health care: is rationing the way? Newsday, June 2, 1992. With JM Wiener
  • Six key questions on health reform. The Chicago Tribune, January 23, 1993. With JM Wiener
  • A strategic plan for integrating acute and long-term care in Minnesota. Minnesota Health Care Commission, Report to the Legislature, January 1996
  • Developing a comprehensive set of services to supplement Medicare: options for low-income Minnesotans. Minnesota Department of Health, Health Economics Program, Report to the Legislature, January 2000
  • Adding long-term care coverage to Medicare supplemental insurance. Minnesota Department of Health, Health Economics Program, Report to the Legislature, January 2000
  • Home care provider trends in Minnesota: 1994-9. Minnesota Department of Health, Health Economics Program, Issue Brief. July 2000
  • Community Aged Care Service Providers Mapping Project: Final report to the New South Wales Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, April 2009

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