Over the last twenty-five years, Professor Frank Porell's research has largely focused on the health services utilization patterns of aged Medicare beneficiaries in both community and institutional settings. Most of his research entails the analysis of large individual medical claims databases to address health policy issues, particularly those related to effects and geographic and other contextual factors on health services utilization, and consequences of various access barriers on health and functional status. Much of Professor Porell's earlier research addressed specific concerns of the Medicare program, such as Medicare HMO capitation rate risk adjustment refinements.
Articles
Adjusting Medicare capitation payments using prior hospitalization data (with Arlene S. Ash, Leonard Gruenberg, Eric Sawitz, and Alexa Beiser), Health care financing review (1990)
The diagnostic cost group approach to a reimbursement model for health maintenance organizations is presented....
Reports
Risk Factors for Driving Cessation Vary by Race and Ethnicity (with Elizabeth Dugan and Chae Man Lee), Gerontology Institute Publications (2011)
Driving is related to our identity and independence as well as allowing us to get...
The Pension Factor: Assessing the Role of Defined Benefit Plans in Reducing Elder Hardships (with Beth Almeida), Gerontology Institute Publications (2009)
Traditional defined benefit (DB) pension plans have long been an important source of income for...