Pedro Gozalo is an econometrician and health economist. Dr. Gozalo's research focuses on theoretical and methodological aspects of access to, and utilization of, long-term care services by older adults as well as on the effects of market and provider characteristics on utilization and patient outcomes. Dr. Gozalo currently leads a study funded by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) that examines the effects of market and provider characteristics on access and selection of Medicare hospice benefit by nursing home residents. He also conducts studies of the effects of tobacco use on health care utilization and costs, and has conducted cost-effectiveness analyses in cancer clinical trials performed under the supervision of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network.

Recent Publications

Gozalo P, Mor V, Miller SC. Hospice effect on Medicare expenditures. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004. 141(5): p. 409-10.

Miller SC, Intrator OK, Gozalo P, Roy J, Barber J, Mor V. Government Expenditures at the End of Life for Short and Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents: Differences by Hospice Enrollment Status. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004; 52: 1284-1292.

Wu N, Miller SC, Lapane K, Gozalo P. The problem of assessment bias when measuring the hospice effect on resident's pain. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2003; 26(5):998-1009.

Miller SC, Mor V, Wu N, Gozalo P, Lapane K. Does Receipt of Hospice Care in Nursing Homes Improve the Management of Pain at the End-of-Life? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002; 50:507-515.

Miller SC, Mor V, Gozalo P. Obstacles to palliation and end-of-life care in a long-term care facility. The Gerontologist 2002 Aug; 42(4): 576.

Angelelli JA, Gifford D, Intrator OK, Gozalo P, Laliberte L, Mor V. Access to Post-Acute Nursing Home Care Before and After the Balanced Budget Act (BBA). Health Affairs 2002; 21(5): 254-264.

Miller SC, Mor V, Wu N, Gozalo P, Lapane K. Does Receipt of Hospice Care in Nursing Homes Improve the Management of Pain at the End-of-Life? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002; 50:507-515.

Gozalo P, Linton O. Testing Additivity in Generalized Nonparametric Regression Models with Estimated Parameters. Journal of Econometrics 2001; 104:1-48.

Miller SC, Mor V, Gozalo P. The Emergence of Medicare Hospice Care in U.S. Nursing Homes, Palliative Medicine 2001; 15: 471-480.

Miller SC, Gozalo P, Mor V. Hospice Enrollment and Hospitalization of Dying Nursing Home Patients, The American Journal of Medicine 2001; 111:38-44.

Gozalo P, Linton O. Local Nonlinear Least Squares: Using Parametric Information in Nonparametric Regression. Journal of Econometrics 2000; 99:63-106.

Zinn J, Mor V, Gozalo P. Implementation of Medicare's Prospective Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Policy Implications. Advances in Health Care Management 2000; 1:369-392.

Recent Funding

Market and Provider Effects on Hospice in Nursing Homes, Principal Investigator, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality R01 HS13355-01, 10/01/2003-9/30/2006.

Economic Impact of Tobacco Use Across the Life Span: An Examination of In-Utero Exposure, Smoker Subgroups, and Tailored Treatments, Co-Investigator (P.I. Charles Neighbors) subcontract with The Miriam Hospital TMH 710-7549, funded by the RWJF, 1/2002-12/2005.

Access to Medicare Hospice for Nursing Home Residents, Principal Investigator, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality R03 HS11457-01, 7/1/2001-6/30/2002.

The Impact of Prospective Payment on Nursing Home Care, Co-Investigator, (P.I. David Gifford and Joe Angelelli) RWJF #039269, 6/1/2000-5/31/2002.

The American College of Radiology Oncologic Imaging Network Grant, Co-Investigator, (P.I. Bruce Hillman, M.D.), National Cancer Institute R01 CA80098-01, 1999-2007.
Nursing Home Care at the End of Life: Costs and Quality, Co-Investigator, (Co-P.I. Vincent Mor/Susan Miller) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality R01 HS10549, 10/1/1999-9/30/2002.

Health, Quality of Care, and Nursing Home Choice, Co-Investigator, (P.I. Andrew Foster), National Institute on Aging, 7/11999-6/30/2000.

Hospice in Nursing Homes: an Empirical Examination of its Scope and Quality Outcomes, Co-Investigator, (P.I. Vincent Mor) Retirement Research Foundation, 1/1/1998-12/31/1999.

Synthesis and Analysis of Medicare's Hospice Benefit, Co-Investigator, (P.I. Vincent Mor) subcontract with The Urban Institute, funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluations, DHHS, 9/1/1997-8/31/1999.