Kathleen Unroe
Doctor
Centre for aging research
Regenstrief Institute
United States of America
Biography
Kathleen Tschantz Unroe, MD, MHA, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Indiana University and an Investigator with the IU Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute. She is a geriatrician and nursing home physician. She is one of the OPTIMISTIC Project Directors – a $13.4 million Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovations Center demonstration project, focused on reducing avoidable hospitalizations of long stay nursing home residents
Research Interest
Dr. Unroe is focused on health policy relevant research in long term care, including the use of palliative care and hospice in this setting, transitions of care, quality of medical care in nursing homes, and staffing models in long term care.
Publications
-
Unroe KT, Bernard B, Stump TE, Tu W, Callahan CM (2017) Variation in Hospice Services by Location of Care: Nursing Home Versus Assisted Living Facility Versus Home.J Am Geriatr Soc 65:1490-1496.
-
Unroe KT, Hollmann PA, Goldstein AC, Malone ML (2017) Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act: What do Geriatrics Healthcare Professionals Need to Know About the Quality Payment Program? J Am Geriatr Soc 65:674-679.
-
Unroe KT, Ast K, Chuang E, Schulman-Green D, Gramling R et al (2017) The Implementation of Measuring What Matters in Research and Practice: Series Commentary. J Pain Symptom Manage (ahead of print)
