A demographer by training, Dr. Zhanlian Feng received his M.A. (1999) and Ph.D. (2002) degrees in sociology from Brown University. He specialized in quantitative research methods and demographic analysis techniques. Dr. Feng has years of experience analyzing the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) database of all certified U.S. nursing homes and the national registry of nursing home resident assessments using the Minimum Data Set (MDS). His research focuses on various outcomes concerning the structure, process and quality of nursing home care as well as the impact of state long-term care policies on those outcomes. Dr. Feng is also interested in the rapid growth of elder care institutions in China in recent years and cross-national comparative analyses in the area of long-term elder care.

Publications:

Feng, Z., D. Grabowski, O. Intrator, J. Zinn, and V. Mor. “Medicaid Payment Rates, Case Mix Reimbursement and Nursing Home Staffing: 1996-2004,” Medical Care (in press).

Gruneir, A., S. Miller, Z. Feng, O. Intrator, and V. Mor. “The Relationship between State Medicaid Policies, Nursing Home Racial Composition, and the Risk of Hospitalization for Black and White Residents,” Health Services Research (in press).

Mor, V., J. Zinn, P. Gozalo, Z. Feng, O. Intrator, and D. Grabowski. “Prospects for Transferring Nursing Home Residents to the Community,” Health Affairs (in press).

Smith, D., Z. Feng, M. Fennel, J. Zinn, and V. Mor. 2007. “Separate and Unequal: Racial Segregation and Disparities in Quality across U.S. Nursing Homes,” Health Affairs 26 (5): 1448-1458.

Intrator, O., D. Grabowski, J. Zinn, M. Schleinitz, Z. Feng, S. Miller, and V. Mor. 2007. “Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents: The Effects of States’ Medicaid Payment and Bedhold Policies,” Health Services Research 42(4): 1651-1671.

Zinn, J., V. Mor, Z. Feng, and O. Intrator. 2007. “Doing Better to Do Good: The Impact of Strategic Adaptation on Nursing Home Performance,” Health Services Research 42 (3p1): 1200-1218.

Zinn, J., V. Mor, Z. Feng, and O. Intrator. 2007. “The Performance Impact of Nursing Home Innovation: A Contingency Perspective,” Advances in Health Care Management 6: 217-236.

Mitchell, S., J. Teno, O. Intrator, Z. Feng, and V. Mor. 2007. “Decisions to Forego Hospitalization in Advanced Dementia: A Nationwide Study,” Journal of American Geriatrics Society 55(3): 432-438.

Feng, Z., D. Grabowski, O. Intrator, and V. Mor. 2006. “The Effect of State Medicaid Case-Mix Payment on Nursing Home Resident Acuity,” Health Services Research 41 (4p1): 1317-1336.

Resnik, L., Z. Feng, and D. Hart. 2006. “State Regulation and the Delivery of Physical Therapy Services,” Health Services Research 41 (4p1): 1296-1316.

Bourbonniere, M., Z. Feng, O. Intrator, J. Angelelli, V. Mor, and J. Zinn. 2006. “The Use of Contract Licensed Nursing Staff in U.S. Nursing Homes,” Medical Care Research and Review 63(1): 88-109.

Intrator, O., Z. Feng, V. Mor, D. Gifford, M. Bourbonniere, and J. Zinn. 2005. “The Employment of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in U.S. Nursing Homes,” The Gerontologist 45(4): 486-495.

Feng, Z., P. Katz, O. Intrator, J. Karuza, and V. Mor. 2005. “Physician and Nurse Staffing in Nursing Homes: The Role and Limitations of the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) System,” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 6(1): 27-33.

Grabowski, D., Z. Feng, O. Intrator, and V. Mor. 2004. “Recent Trends in State Nursing Home Payment Policies,” Health Affairs Web Exclusive, June 16, 2004: W4 363-373.

Zinn, J., V. Mor, O. Intrator, Z. Feng, J. Angelelli, and J. Davis. 2003. “The Impact of the Prospective Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities on Therapy Service Provision: A Transaction Cost Approach,” Health Services Research 38 (6): 1467-1485.

Angelelli, J., V. Mor, O. Intrator, Z. Feng, and J. Zinn. 2003. “Oversight of Nursing Homes: Pruning the Tree or Just Spotting Bad Apples?” The Gerontologist 43 (Special Issue II): 67-75.