Gail A. Jensen
Professional Record (p.1 of 27)
GAIL ANN JENSEN
Professional Record
WayneStateUniversity
Date Initially Prepared: 08/05/92
Date Revised: 8/30/05
Office Address:
Institute of Gerontology
87 E. Ferry St.
WayneStateUniversity
(313) 577-2297
e-mail:
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DEPARTMENT/COLLEGE: Institute of Gerontology/Research & Graduate Studies
Department of Economics/Liberal Arts
PRESENT RANK & DATE OF RANK: Professor, 1999
Year Awarded Tenure 1993
Year Appointed at WSU/Rank 1989/Associate Professor
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CITIZEN OF: U.S.A.
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EDUCATION:
High School: MilfordHigh School, Milford, CT, 1971
Baccalaureate: Southern ConnecticutState College
(B.A., Mathematics), New Haven, CT, 1975
Graduate: IowaStateUniversity (M.S., Economics), Ames, IA, 1977
University of Minnesota (Ph.D., Economics), Minneapolis, MN, 1986
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FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS:
1986-1989/Assistant Professor School of Public Health
Health Resources Management University of Illinois at Chicago ______
EMPLOYMENT IN OTHER SETTINGS:
1984-1986/Economist Hospital Research and Educational Trust
AmericanHospital Association
1980-1983/Research Assistant School of Public Health
Center for Health Services Research University of Minnesota
1977-1980/Economist Abt Associates, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
1975-1977/Research Assistant Department of Economics
IowaStateUniversity
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
Health Economics Research Organization, Association for Health Services Research, Committee on the Status of Women in Economics
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HONORS/AWARDS/SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS:
Member, National Advisory Council to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD, February 2003-present.
Fellow, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, DC, April 1999-present.
Member, Board of Directors, Michigan Institute of Public Health, Okemos, MI, August 1998-present.
Recipient, Targets-of-Opportunity Award for the Development of Research Addressing Health and Health Care Across the Life-Span, Office of the Vice President for Research, Wayne State University, 1998-2001.
Editorial Board, The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 1997-2002.
Recipient, Graduate Research Assistant Award, Office of the Vice President for Research, Wayne State University, 1997-1998.
Senior Fellow, NationalCenter for Policy Analysis, Dallas TX, 1995-present.
Member, Advisory Committee to AHCPR Grant, “Chiropractic vs. Physical Therapy: A Randomized Trial,” August 1, 1995 - 1998.
Recipient, Graduate Research Assistant Award, Office of the Vice President for Research, Wayne State University, 1995-1996.
Recipient, Graduate Research Assistant Award, Office of the Vice President for Research, Wayne State University, 1994-1995.
Recipient, Summer Faculty Research Award, College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs, WayneStateUniversity, 1992.
Recipient, Ameritech Faculty Research Fellowship, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, 1988-1989.
Recipient, GraduateSchool Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1983-1984.
Recipient, Sloan Foundation Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, 1983-1984.
Recipient, Premium for Academic Excellence Award, Iowa State University Graduate School, 1976-1977.
Member, Phi Kappa Phi (National Honor Society), 1977.
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I. TEACHING
A. Years at WayneState: 1989-present
B. Years at Other Colleges/Universities: 1986-1989
C. Courses Taught at WayneState in Last Five Years:
1. Undergraduate: ECO 555 The Economics of Health Care
2. Graduate: ECO 755 Health Economics I
ECO 756 Health Economics II
SOC 701 Research Methods in Gerontology (team-taught)
D. Dissertations Directed at WayneState:
1. Primary Advisor for the Following Students:
Zhiyuan Zhou, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Household Structure and Employment-Related Health Insurance Dynamics,” graduated 1993.
Kalyanni Velagapudi, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “A New Look at Hospital Cost Functions,” graduated 1995.
Derek Weycker, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “The Predictors of Medical Malpractice Among Physicians, graduated 1997.
Muhammad Mandami, M.S. Thesis Title: “Evaluation of a Nomogram-Based Inpatient Anticoaguation Service,” graduated 1999.
Maria Bulycheva, Ph.D. candidate, Dissertation Title: “Insurance Markets for Medical Malpractice Coverage,” graduated 1999.
Daniet Touchette, M.S., Thesis Title: “Cost Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Treatment,” graduated 2000.
Wei Wu, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “The Influence of HMO/PPO Market Penetration on Infant Health Outcomes in the United States: A Longitudinal Data Analysis,”graduated 2001.
Monica Cain, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Michigan Medicaid Managed Care: Evaluation of the Physician Sponsored Plan,”graduated 2002.
Yinghui He, M.S. student, Interest Area: Economics of Health and Aging, graduated in 2002.
Anne Cramer, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Demand for Long Term Care Insurance Among Older Adults,” graduated 2003.
Cynthia Blasses, M.S., Thesis Title: “The Opportunity Costs of Obesity,” graduated 2004.
Xiao Xu, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Effects of Managed Care on the Health and Healthcare of Near-Elderly Adults,” graduated 2004.
2. Doctoral Committee Member for the Following Students:
Fahrettin Dingil, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Economic Analysis of Child Mortality Rates by Provinces of Turkey, 1962-1982,” graduated 1993.
John Tilford, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Coinsurance, Willingness to Pay for Time, and Elderly Health Care Demand,” graduated 1993.
Walter Simmons, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “An Analysis of Medical Malpractice in Michigan,” graduated 1994.
Natalie Reaves, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Innovation and Market Failure: The Case of Orphan Drugs,” graduated 1995.
Kevin Hawkins, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Determinants of the Demand for Mental Health Services,” graduated 1997.
Charles McMurphy, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “Effects of Changing Health Care Markets on Academic Medical Centers,” graduated 1998.
Natalia Borsicova, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “The Role of Economic Factors in Drug Addition Treatment,” graduated 2000.
David Kalast, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “The Market for Nurses: Earnings, the Supply of New Entrants, and AIDS,” graduated 2001.
Julie Roddy, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “An Economic Analysis of Addicition: The Case of Cigarettes with a Proxy for Additive Stock,” graduated 2002.
Linda Wiechowski, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “The Effect of Managed Care on Physicians’ Earnings,”graduated 2002.
Ifeakandu Okoye, Ph.D., Dissertation Title: “The Effects of Internal Organization Structure and Administrator Education on the Efficiency of U.S. Short-term Hospitals: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach, graduated 2003.
E. Course or Curriculum Development:
ECO 555 The Economics of Health Care
ECO 755 Health Economics I
ECO 756 Health Economics II
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II. EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH
1. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title:Evolution of Self-Insurance in an Era of Managed Care
Amount:$298,126
Duration:August 1, 2000 - February 28, 2003
2. Position:Co-Principal Investigator
Funding Source:U.S. Department of Labor
Title:Center for the Analysis of Health & Pension Benefit Issues
Amount:Determined on an Ongoing Basis
Duration:October 1, 1997 - September 30, 2002
3. Position:Co-Principal Investigator
Funding Source:The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title:Evaluation of Any Willing Provider Laws
Amount:$85,383
Duration:April 1, 1996 - March 31, 1998
4. Position:Investigator
Funding Source:National Institute on Aging
Title:Fluid Reasoning Training for Urban Elders
Amount:$2,265,434
Duration:October 1, 1996 - December 31, 2001
5. Position:Co-Investigator
Funding Source:Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Title:The Effect of Small Group Health Insurance Reform: An Evaluation of California Assembly Bill 1672
Amount:$20,221
Duration:June 15, 1995 - August 31, 1996
6. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Barbar Fund for Interdisciplinary Legal Research
Title:The Effect of Care Quality on Malpractice Litigation
Amount:$12,000
Duration:June 1, 1995 - August 31, 1997
7. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Title:Analysis of Markets for Group Health Insurance in 1995
Amount:$160,000
Duration:January 1, 1995 - June 31, 1996
8. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Title:Analysis of Insurance for Chiropractic in the U.S. (Supplement to Chiropractic vs. Physical Therapy -- A Randomized Trial)
Amount:$40,859
Duration:August 1, 1994 - July 31, 1995
9. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Barbar Fund for Interdisciplinary Legal Research
Title:The Role of Mediation in Medical Malpractice Litigation
Amount:$20,000
Duration:July 1, 1993 - August 31, 1995
10. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title:Evaluation of State Initiatives to Expand Health Insurance Among Small Businesses
Amount:$213,720
Duration:December 1, 1992 - February 28, 1995
11. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Michigan Health Care Education and Research Foundation
Title:Medical Malpractice: The Michigan Experience
Amount:$49,600
Duration:June 1, 1993 - August 31, 1994
12. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:The Commonwealth Fund
Title:The Insurance Dynamics of Persons Ages 55-64
Amount:$85,000
Duration: October 1989 - June 1990
13. Position:Co-Principal Investigator
Funding Source:National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
Title:Employer Sponsored Coverage for Alcohol Abuse
Amount:$178,501
Duration:September 1989 - February 1991
14. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Health Care Financing Administration
Title:Analysis of Employer Sponsored Retiree Health Insurance
Amount:$241,632
Duration:June 1988 - February 1990
15. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Health Insurance Association of America
Title:Self-Insurance and the Content of Self-Insured Plans
Amount:$12,000
Duration:October 1986 - December 1987
16. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:NationalCenter for Health Services Research
Title:Analysis of Employer Innovations to Control Health Benefit Costs
Amount:$268,896
Duration:March 1986 - February 1988
17. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:International Foudation of Employee Benefit Plans
Title:The Impact of Procompetitive Legislative Proposals on Employers and Employees
Amount:$3,000
Duration:January 1984 - December 1984
18. Position:Principal Investigator
Funding Source:Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Title:Employer Choice of Health Insurance Benefits
Amount:$3,000
Duration:March 1983 - September 1983
19. Position:Project Director
Funding Source:Health Resources Administration
Title:Quantification of Factors Causing Variations in Hospital Staffing and Analysis of MonthlyAHAHospital Data
Amount:$160,175
Duration:September 1979 - September 1980
20. Position:Project Director
Funding Source:MassachusettsHospital Rate Setting Commission
Title:Development of Screening Procedures for Hospital Rate Setting
Amount:$18,564
Duration:June 1978 - October 1978
21. Position:Task Leader
Funding Source:Social Security Administration
Title:Analysis and Development of a Prospective Reimbursment System for Nursing Homes
Amount:$195,388
Duration:October 1977 - June 1979
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III. PUBLICATIONS:
A. Scholarly Books Published:
Birnbaum, Howard, Christine Bishop, A. James Lee and Gail Jensen. Public Pricing of Nursing Home Care. Cambridge, MA: Abt Books, 1981.
B. Book Chapters Published:
Gail A. Jensen, “Post-Retirement Health Insurance” in L.A. Vitt (ed.) Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance. pp. 620-624, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
Gail A. Jensen, "Economics of the Physician Marketplace," pp. 413-428, in Ransom, S.B., Pinsky, W., and Tropman, J. (eds.). Enhancing Physician Performance. Tampa, FL: AmericanCollege of Physician Executives, 2000.
Gail A. Jensen, “Making Room for Medical Savings Accounts,” pp. 119-144, in Roger Feldman (ed.), American Health Care: Government, Market Processes and the Public Interest. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute/Transactions Publishers, 2000.
Gail A. Jensen and Allen C. Goodman, “The Economics of Obstetrics and Gynocology,” pp. 719-733, in Ransom, S.B., Dombrowski, M.P., McNeeley, S.G., Moghissi, K.S., and Munkarah, A.R. (eds.). Practical Strategies in Obstetrics and Gynecology. New York, NY: W.B. Saunders, 2000.
Gail A. Jensen, Robert D. Mootz, Paul G. Shekelle, and Daniel C. Cherkin, “Insurance Coverage for Chiropractic Services,” pp. 39-48, in Daniel C. Cherkin and Robert D. Mootz (eds.), Chiropractic in the United States: Training, Practice, and Research. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1998.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Managed Care and the Small Group Market,” pp. 53-74, in Michael A. Morrisey (ed.), Managed Care and Changing Health Care Markets. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1998.
Morrisey, Michael A. and Gail A. Jensen, "State Small Group Insurance Reform," in The 1998 Health Network & Alliance Sourcebook, NY: Faulkner & Gray, 1998, pp. 63-79.
Gail A. Jensen, “Employer-Sponsored Post Retirement Health Insurance,” in Lois A. Vitt and Jurg Siegenthaler (eds.), Encyclopedia of Financial Gerontology. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Michael A. Morrisey and Gail A. Jensen, “State Small Group Insurance Reform.” pp. 71-95, in Robert F. Rich and William D. White (eds.), Health Policy, Fereralism and the American States. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 1996.
Gail A. Jensen, “Regulating the Content of Health Plans,” pp. 167-193, in Robert B. Helms (ed.), American Health Policy: Critical Issues for Reform. WashingtonDC: The AEI Press, 1993.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Health Insurance Coverage of the Medicare Elderly,” pp. 187-209, in U.S. Department of Labor, Trends in Health Benefits.WashingtonDC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993.
Gail A. Jensen, “Regulating Health Care: The Question of Mandates,” pp. 25-30, in Rescuing American Health Care: Market Rx’s. WashingtonDC: The NFIB Foundation, 1991.
C. Journal Articles Published:
Daniel R. Touchette, Gail A. Jensen, and James Stevenson, “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Amifostine in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer,” Journal of Aging and Pharacotherapy, Accepted and Forthcoming.
Cramer, Anne and Gail A. Jensen, “Why Don’t People Buy Long Term Care Insurance?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Accepted and Forthcoming.
Xiao Xu and Gail A. Jensen, “Utilization of Health Care Services Among the Near-Elderly: A Comparison of Managed Care and Fee-for-Service Enrollees, Managed Care Interface, March 2005 18(3): 60-66.
Xiao Xu, Gail A. Jensen, and Scott B. Ransom, “Patients with Diabetes Enrolled in Medicare HMOs More Likely to Use Oral Medications,” Drug Benefit Trends, July 2005 17(7): 298-305.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Are Healthier Older Adults Choosing Managed Care?” The Gerontologist, February 2004 44(1): pp. 85-94.
Michael A. Morrisey, Gail A. Jensen, and Jon R. Gabel, “Managed Care and Employer Premiums,” International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, June 2003 3(2): pp. 95-116.
Gail A. Jensen, Zhiyuan Zhou, and Yasuhiro Torigo, “Medical Care of Overactive Bladder in Elderly Patients,” Journal of Aging and Pharmacotherapy, 2003 13(1): pp. 13-28.
Jon R. Gabel, Gail A. Jensen, and Samantha Hawkins, “Self-Insurance in Eras of Growing and Retreating Managed Care,” Health Affairs, March/April 2003, 22(2): 202-210.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Endogenous Fringe Benefits, Compensating Wage Differentials, and Older Workers,” International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, December 2001, 1(2): pp. 203-226.
Zhiyuan Zhou, Gail A. Jensen, Charles E. Barr, and Yasuhiro Torigo, “Antidepressant Use and Treatment of Overactive Bladder Disorder,” Drug Benefit Trends, December 2001, 13(12): pp. 7-16.
Michael A. Morrisey and Gail A. Jensen, “The Near-Elderly, Early Retirees and Managed Care,” Health Affairs, November/December 2001, 20(6): pp. 197-206.
Zhiyuan Zhou and Gail A. Jensen, “Insurance Claims Costs for Overactive Bladder Disorder,” Drug Benefit Trends, April 2001, 13(4): pp. 45-58.
Derek A. Weycker and Gail A. Jensen, “Medical Malpractice among Physicians: Who Will be Sued and Who Will Pay?,” Health Care Management Science, Fall 2000, 3(4): pp. 269-277.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and Mandated Benefit Laws,” The Milbank Quarterly, December 1999, 77(4): pp. 425-459.
Lara Shore-Sheppard, Thomas C. Buchmueller, and Gail A. Jensen, “Medicaid and Crowding Out of Private Insurance: A Re-examination Using Firm Level Data,” Journal of Health Economics, January 2000, 19(1): pp. 61-91.
Gail A. Jensen, Stephen J. Spurr, Derek A. Weycker, and Maria Bulycheva, “Physicians and the Risk of Medical Malpractice: The Role of Prior Litigation in Predicting the Future,” Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Fall 1999, 39(3), pp. 267-289.
Esther Hing and Gail A. Jensen, “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: Lessons from the States,” Medical Care, July 1999, 37(7), pp. 692-705.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Small Group Reform and Insurance Provision by Small Firms, 1989-1995,” Inquiry, Summer 1999, 36(2), pp. 176-187.
Muhammad M. Mamdani, Eric Racine, Scott McCreadie, Chris Zimmerman, Gail A. Jensen, Jeffery Dzieczkowski, and James G. Stevenson, “Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of an Inpatient Anticoagulation Service,” Pharmacotherapy, September 1999, 19(9), pp.1064-1074.
Gail A. Jensen, Kathryn Rost, Russell P.D. Burton, and Maria Bulycheva, “Mental Health Insurance in the 1990s: Are Employers Offering Less to More?” Health Affairs, May/June 1998, 17(3), pp. 201-208.
Gail A. Jensen, Canopy Roychoudhury, and Daniel C. Cherkin, “Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Chiropractic Services,” Medical Care, April 1998, 36(4), pp. 544-553.
Gail A. Jensen, “Health Insurance of the Near Elderly: A Growing Concern,” Medical Care , February 1998, 36(2), pp. 107-109.
Michael A. Morrisey and Gail A. Jensen, “Switching to Managed Care in the Small Employer Market,” Inquiry, Fall 1997, 34(3), pp. 237-248.
Thomas J. Buchmueller and Gail A. Jensen, “Small Group Reform in a Competitive Managed Care Market: The Case of California, 1993 to 1995,” Inquiry, Fall 1997, 34(3), pp. 249-263.
Michael A. Morrisey and Gail A. Jensen, “Small Group Insurance Reform: HowAreState Programs Measuring Up?” Spectrum, The Journal of State Government, Winter 1997, 70(1), pp. 22-25.
Gail A. Jensen, Michael A. Morrisey, Shannon Gafney, and Derek K. Liston, “The New Dominance of Managed Care: Insurance Trends in the 1990s,” Health Affairs, January/Feburary 1997, 16(1), pp. 125-136.
Gail A. Jensen, Kevin D. Cotter, and Michael A. Morrisey, “State Insurance Regulation and an Employer’s Decision to Self Insure,” The Journal of Risk and Insurance, June 1995, 62(2), pp. 185-213.
Michael A. Morrisey, Gail A. Jensen, and Robert J. Morlock, “Small Firms and the Health Insurance Market,” Health Affairs, Winter 1994, 13(4), pp. 149-161.
Gail A. Jensen and Robert J. Morlock, “Why Medical Savings Accounts Deserve A Closer Look,” The Journal of American Health Policy, May/June 1994, 4(3), pp. 14-23.
Jon R. Gabel, Derek C. Liston, and Gail A. Jensen, “How Clinton’s Health Benefit Package Compares to Today’s Employer-Sponsored Plans,” The Journal of American Health Policy, March/April 1994, 4(2), pp. 13-27.
Jon Gable, Derek Liston, Gail Jensen, and Jill Marsteller, “The Health Insurance Picture, 1993: Some Rare Good News,” Health Affairs, Spring 1994, 13(1), pp. 327-336.
Gail A. Jensen, Robert J. Morlock, and Jon R. Gabel, “Small Businesses’ Changing Views on Health Reform,” The Journal of American Health Policy, September/ October 1993, 3(5), pp. 6-14.
Michael A. Morrisey and Gail A. Jensen, “State Mandates, Self Insurance and Employer Demand for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Insurance Coverage,” Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 1993, 4, pp. 209-224.
Gail A. Jensen and Jon R. Gabel, “State Mandated Benefits and the Small Firm’s Decision to Offer Coverage,” Journal of Regulatory Economics, December 1992, 4(4), pp. 379-404.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Employer Sponsored Post-Retirement Health Benefits: Not Your Mother's Medigap Plan” The Gerontologist, October 1992, 32(5), pp. 693-703.
Gail A. Jensen, “State Mandates on Private Insurance,” Regulation: The Cato Review of Business and Governent, Fall 1992, 15(4), pp. 64-69.
Jon R. Gabel and Gail A. Jensen, “Can A Universal Coverage System Temper the Underwriting Cycle?” Inquiry, Summer 1992, 29(2), pp. 249-262.
Gail A. Jensen, “The Dynamics of Health Insurance Among the Near Elderly,” Medical Care, July 1992, 30(7), pp. 598-614.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Employer-Sponsored Insurance for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatments, 1988” Inquiry, Winter 1991, 28(4), pp. 393-402.
Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey, “Group Health Insurance: A Hedonic Price Approach," The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 1990, 72(1), pp. 38-44.