معرفی
Zhanlian Feng serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University, affiliated with the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research. Concurrently, he is a senior researcher in the Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care Program at RTI International, where he focuses on evaluating CMS initiatives to reduce avoidable hospitalizations among nursing facility residents and studies emerging long-term care systems in China.
Education includes:
- PhD in Sociology, Brown University
- MA in Sociology, Brown University
- BA in Sociology, Peking University
His research examines health systems through quantitative and demographic lenses, with emphasis on:
- Long-term care quality and access disparities
- Medicare/Medicaid policy impacts on vulnerable elders
- Cross-national comparisons of elder care systems
- Nursing home operations and ownership models
- Healthcare utilization patterns in aging populations
Publications predominantly analyze Medicare/Medicaid policy effects, nursing home quality metrics, and health services utilization, with recurring themes including ownership structures, reimbursement policies, and disparities in long-term care. Recent work increasingly focuses on dementia care and observation stay trends.
Funded research includes:
- PI: Examining Trends in Hospital Observation Stays (Retirement Research Foundation)
- Co-PI: Nursing Home Ownership Quality Impact (NIH R01)
- PI: Quality of Life Deficiencies in U.S. Nursing Homes (Rhode Island Foundation)
- Co-Investigator: Institutional Elder Care in China (NIH Fogarty)
