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Charlene Harrington, RN, PhD, FAAN

C. Harrington, photo

Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Nursing,
Dept. of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Director, UCSF National Center for Personal Assistance Services

3333 California St., #LHts-455
San Francisco, CA  94143-0612

Telephone:  415 476-4030     Fax:  415-476-6552
Email:  charlene.harrington@ucsf.edu
Web:  http://www.PASCenter.org
Web:  http://www.calnhs.org

Documents

Impact of California's Medi-Cal Long Term Care Reimbursement Act On Access, Quality, and Costs by Harrington, O'Meara, Collier, Kang, Stephens, and Chang

       Full Document:  ab1629.pdf
       Snapshot:  ab1629snap.pdf

Research

My primary research interests focus on quality, access, utilization, and expenditures of nursing home care, home and community based care, and personal care services, as well as labor market issues.

Current Research Support

2008-09       Harrington, C.  P.I.  California Nursing Home Search Website Renewal.  California HealthCare Foundation. No. 07-1414.  3-1-08 to 2-29-09.  $209,835.

2008-13       Harrington, C. P.I. and Director.  Personal Assistance Services for the 21st Century.  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.  H133B080002.  $4,250,000.  Oct.1, 2008-Sept 30, 2013.

2008-09       Harrington, C. P.I.  Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Programs:  A National Study of Program and Policy developments: 2006 Data Update.  Kaiser Family Foundation, No. 08-1009-400.   09-1-08 to 8-31-09, $75,000.

2008-09      Harrington, C. P.I.  Policy Brief on Recent Trends and Potential Areas of Improvement in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services.  Kaiser Family Foundation, No. 07-1105-920.   09-1-08 to 1-31-09, $25,000.

Honors/Awards

1987-now  Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

1993  Distinguished Professor, UCLA, Academic Geriatric Resource Ctr.

1994  Alumni of the Year, University of Kansas School of Nursing

1996-now   Institute of Medicine, Elected Member

1999  UCSF School of Nursing, The Nineteenth Helen Nahm Research Lecture

2002  National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, The Cenoria Johnson Memorial Award

2005  Western Institute of Nursing in partnership with The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Geriatric Nursing Research Award, April 7, 2005

Selected Publications

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2003  Harrington, C., O'Meara, J., Kitchener, M., Payne-Simon, L., and Schnelle, J. Designing a Report Card for Nursing Facilities: What Information Is Needed and Why. The Gerontologist. 43 (Special Issue II):47-57.

2003  Harrington, C., Collier, E., O'Meara, J., Kitchener, M., Payne-Simon, L., and Schnelle, J. Federal and State Nursing Facility Websites: Just What the Consumer Needs? American J. of Medical Quality. 18 (1): 21-37.

2003  Harrington, C. and Swan, J.H. Nurse Home Staffing, Turnover, and Casemix. Medical Care Research and Review. 60 (2):366-392.

2003  Harrington, C., O'Meara, J., Collier, E., and Schnelle, J.F. Websites: An Innovative Approach to Inform Consumers About Nursing Indicators of Quality in Nursing Homes? J. of Gerontological Nursing. 29 (1): 5-11.

2003  O'Neill, C, Harrington, C., Kitchener, M., and Saliba, D. Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: An Analysis of the Relationships Among Profit, Quality, and Ownership. Medical Care. 41 (12): 1318-1330.

2003  Kitchener, M., Carrillo, H., and Harrington, C. Medicaid Community-Based programs: A Longitudinal Analysis of State Variation in Expenditures and Utilization. Inquiry. 40(4): 375-389.

2004  Tonner, C. and Harrington, C. Nursing Facility and Home and Community Based Service Need Criteria in the United States. Home Health and Community Services Quarterly. 22 (4):65-83.

2004  Harrington, C., Mullan, J. and Carrillo, H. State Nursing Home Enforcement Systems. J. of Health Politics, Policy, and Law. 29 (1): 43-73.

2004  LaPlante, M.P., Kaye, H.S., Kang, T. and Harrington, C. Unmet Need for Personal Assistance Services: Estimating the Shortfall in Hours of Help and Adverse Consequences. J. of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 59B (2): S98-S108.

2004  Harrington, C. Saving Lives Through Quality of Care: A Blueprint for Elder Justice. Alzheimer's Care. 5 (1) 24-38.

2004  Schnelle, J.F., Simmons S.F., Harrington, C., Cadogan, M., Garcia, E., and Bates-Jensen, B. Relationship of Nursing Home Staffing to Quality of Care? Health Services Research. 39 (2):225-250.

2004  Kitchener, M., Ng, T., and Harrington, C. Medicaid 1915c Home and Community-Based Services Waivers: National Survey of Eligibility Criteria, Caps, and Waiting Lists. Home Health and Community Services Quarterly. 23 (2):55-69. 

2004  Kitchener, M., Bostrom, A. and Harrington, C. Smoke Without Fire: California Nursing Facility Closures, 1997-2001. Inquiry. 41 (2): 189-202.

2004  Kitchener, M., Beynon, M. and Harrington, C. Explaining the Diffusion of Medicaid Home Care Waiver Programs Using VPRS Decision Rules. Health Care Management Science. 7:237-244.

2004  Kitchener, M. and Harrington, C. The U.S. Long Term Care Field: A Dialectic Analysis of Institution Dynamics. J. of Health and Social Behavior. 45 (Extra Issue): 87-101.

2004  Harrington, C. and C.L. Estes (Eds). Health Policy: Crisis and Reform in the U.S. Health Care Delivery System. 4th Edition. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

2005  Kitchener M, Ng T, Harrington C.  Medicaid home and community-based services:  national program trends.  Health Affairs. 24 (1): 206-212. 

2005  Harrington C, Anzaldo S, Burdin A, Kitchener M, Miller N.  Trends in state certificate of need and moratoria programs for long term care providers.  J. Health and Social Policy.  19 (2):31-58.

2005  Kitchener M, O’Neil C,  Harrington C.  Chain reaction: an exploratory study of nursing home bankruptcy in California.  J. Aging and Social Policy. 17(4): 19-35.

2006  Swan JH, Harrington C.  California nursing facility quality and union environments.  J. Aging and Health.  19 (2): 183-199.

2006  Kaye HS, Chapman S, Newcomer RJ, Harrington C.  The personal assistance workforce:  trends in supply and demand.  Health Affairs. 2006;  25 (4): 1113-1120.             

2006  Tsoukalas T, Rudder C, Mollot RJ, Shineman M, Lee HY, Harrington C.  The collection and use of funds from civil money penalties and fines from nursing homes.  Gerontologist.  46 (6):759-771.

2006  Kitchener M, Ng T, Miller N, Harrington C.  Institutional and community based long term care: a  comparative estimate of public costs.  J. Health & Social Policy.  2006; 22 (2):31-50.

2007  Harrington C, Swan JH, Carrillo H.  Nursing staffing and Medicaid reimbursement rates.  Health Services Research,   43 (3): 1105-1129.

2007  LaPlante MP, Kaye HS, Harrington C.  Estimating the expense of a mandatory home and community based personal assistance services under Medicaid:  The Case of MiCASSA.  J. Health and Social Policy.  19(3): 47-64.

2007  Kitchener M, Ng T, Carrillo H, Miller NA, Harrington C.  Developing personal care programs:  national trends and inter-state variation, 1992-2002.  Inquiry.  44 (1): 69-87.

2007  Kitchener M, Ng T, Harrington C.  State Medicaid home care policies:  inside the black box.  Home Health Care Services Quarterly.  26 (3): 23-38.

2008  Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Yuol, H., Harrington, C.  Assistive technology in Medicaid home and community based waivers:  A national study of  program trends.  The Gerontologist. 48 (2):181-189.

2008  Kitchener, M., O’Meara, J., Brody, A., Lee, H.Y., Harrington, C.  Shareholder value and the performance of a large nursing home chain.  Health Services Research.  43 (3): 1062-1084.

2008  Miller, N., Elder, K.T., Kitchener, M., Kang, Y., Harrington, C.  Medicaid 1915© waiver use and expenditures for persons living with  HIV/AIDS. Medicare Care Research and Review. 65 (3) 338-55.

2008  Kang, T. & Harrington, C. Variation in types of service use and expenditures for individuals with developmental disabilities.  Disability and Health Journal.  1:30-41.

2008  Harrington, C., Tsoukalas, T., Rudder, C., Mollot, R.J., and Carrillo, H.  Study of federal and state civil money penalties and fines.  The Gerontologist.  48 (5): 679–691.

2008  Black, L., Spetz, J. & Harrington, C. Nurses working outside of nursing: societal trend or workplace  crisis?   J. of Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice.  9 (3): 143-157.

2008  Harrington, C. & Kang, T.  Disparities in service utilization and expenditures for individuals with developmental disabilities.  Disability and Health Journal. 1 (4):181-244.

2008  Collier, E. & Harrington, C.  Staffing characteristics, turnover rates, and quality of resident care in nursing facilities.  Research in Gerontological Nursing.  1 (3): 157-170.

2008  Swan JH, Kitchener M, Harrington C.  Medicaid nursing facility rates, capacity, and utilization: a structural model of analysis.  J. of Health and Aging Policy, In Press.

2008  Kim, H., Harrington, C., Greene, W.  Registered nurse staff mix and nursing home quality. The Gerontologist.  In press.

2008  Kim, H., Kovner, C.T., Harrington, C., Greene, W.H., Mezey, M.  A panel analysis of the relationships of nursing home staffing levels and standards to regulatory deficiencies.  J. of Gerontology:  Social Sciences.  In press.

2008  Harrington, C., Kang, T. & Chang, J.  Factors associated with living in development centers in California.  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. In Press. 



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