CPHAR Fellows Biographical Information

Laura P. D'Arcy, MPA

Laura P. D'Arcy, MPA, is doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health. Ms. D'Arcy graduated magna cum laude from Miami University in Oxford, OH with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and public administration. She holds a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in public policy from the University of Georgia.

Ms. D'Arcy's dissertation research examines the effect of geriatric care on health care use by elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Using Medicare claims data, she is (1) describing the locations, types, and continuity of care by geriatricians; (2) examining whether geriatrician visits are associated with visits to family medicine/internal medicine physicians and specialists; and (3) assessing the effect of geriatric care on emergency department visits, hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions, and in-hospital death.

Ms. D'Arcy works with Dr. Sally Stearns and is collaborating with her in the preparation of a number of manuscripts for publication. Ms. D'Arcy and Dr. Stearns are conducting an analysis of the effect of turnover among nursing home staff on resident outcomes using the facility and resident components of the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey. Ms. D'Arcy is also working with a team led by Dr. Stearns that is conducting analyses of long-term outcomes for elderly patients with coronary arterial bypass grafts or stents following acute coronary syndrome using Medicare claims data from 2002-2008.

Publications

Sheridan, BC, Stearns, SC, Rossi, J, D’Arcy, LP, Federspiel, JJ, & Carey, TS (2010). Three-Year Outcomes of Multivessel Revascularization in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Aged 85+, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 89(6):1889-1894.

D'Arcy, LP, Stater, M, & Wenger, JB (2009). Search Costs and Re-Employment Wage Gains for Displaced Workers. Industrial Relations, 48(4): 589-609.

Sheridan, BC, Stearns, SC, Massing, MW, Stouffer, GA, D’Arcy, LP, Winzelberg, GS, &
Carey, TS (2008). Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Intervention in the Elderly with Acute Coronary Syndrome – Part II. Clinical Geriatrics, 12(11): 40-46.

Stearns, SC, & D'Arcy, LP (2008). Staying the Course: Facility and Profession Retention Among Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63(3): S113-S121.

Wenger, JB & D’Arcy, LP (2007). The Labor Supply Effects of Employer-Provided Pensions: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for the Future. In The Future of Employee Pensions and Labor Relations: Conflict, Compromise, and Commitment, T. Ghilarducci and C. Weller (Eds.).