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School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
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Robert L. Kane, M.D.

Professor and Minnesota Chair in
Long-Term Care and Aging

Robert Kane, MD, holds an endowed chair in Long-term Care and Aging at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, where he was formerly the Dean. He directs the University of Minnesota's Center on Aging, the Minnesota Area Geriatric Education Center, the Clinical Outcomes Research Center, and an AHRQ-funded Evidence-based Practice Center. He has conducted numerous research studies on both the clinical care and the organization of care for older persons, especially those needing long-term care. He is the author or editor of 31 books and more than 470 journal articles and book chapters on geriatrics and health services research. He has analyzed long-term systems both in this country and abroad. Recent books include The Heart of Long-term Care, Assessing Older Persons, the 6th edition of Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, the 2nd edition of Conducting Health Care Outcomes Research, and Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness. He and his sister, Joan West, have written an account of the struggles to get adequate long-term care for their mother, It Shouldn’t Be This Way. That experience led to his founding a national organization dedicated to improving long-term care, Professionals with Personal Experience with Chronic Care (PPECC), which has over 800 members.

His current research addresses both acute and long-term care for older persons, with special attention to the role of managed care, chronic disease, and disability, as well as systematic reviews of the literature on various topics. Dr. Kane has consulted to a number of national and international agencies, including the World Health Organization's Expert Committee on Aging. He has received the President’s Award from the American Society on Aging and the Polisher Award from the Gerontological Society of America, the Enrico Greppi Prize from the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and the British Geriatrics Society Medal for the Relief of Suffering amongst the Aged. He was elected to the University of Minnesota’s Academic Health Center’s Academy for Excellence in Health Research.

Teaches

Quality of Care; Aging Research; Applied Policy Research; Writing

Selected Publications

Kane R.L. and R.A. Kane (eds.), Assessing Older Persons: Measures, Meaning, and Practical Applications, New York, Oxford University Press, 2000.

Kane RL and JC West It Shouldn’t Be This Way: The Failure of Long-Term Care, Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, 2005.

Kane RL (ed), Understanding Health Care Outcomes Research, Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA, 2005.

Kane RL, R Priester, and AM Totten, Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005.

Kane RL, G Arling, C Mueller, R Held, and V Cooke “A Quality-Based Payment Strategy for Nursing Home Care in Minnesota” The Gerontologist 47(1): 108-115, 2007.

Kane RL, K Boston, and M Chilvers “Helping People Make Better Long-Term Care Decisions” The Gerontologist 47(2):244-247, 2007.

Kane RL “Strategies for Improving Chronic Illness Care: Some Issues for the NHs” Aging Health 3(3):333-342, 2007.

Kane RL, R Priester, and D Neuman “Does Disparity in the Way Disabled Older Adults Are Treated Imply Ageism?” The Gerontologist 47(3):271-279, 2007.

Kane RL, TA Shamliyan, C Mueller, S Duval, and TJ Wilt “The Association of Registered Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” Medical Care 45(12):1195-1204, 2007.

Kane RL, JC Ouslander, and IB Abrass, Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, Sixth Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 2009.

Professional Experience

Director, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, 1994 to present

Director, Clinical Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1993 to present

Minnesota Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1989 to present

Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1985 to present

Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1985 to present

Dean, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 1985 - 1990

Adjunct Professor, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA, 1982 - 1985

Professor in Residence, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, 1980 - 1985

Associate Professor, then Professor, in Residence, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1978 - 1985

Senior Researcher, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, 1977 - 1985

University of Utah, Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 1970 - 1977

U.S. Public Health Service, Special Assistant to Regional Health Director, DHEW Region VIII, Denver, CO, 1970 - 1971

U.S. Public Health Service, Service Unit Director, Indian Hospital, Shiprock, NM, 1969 - 1970

University of Kentucky, Acting Coordinator, Senior Clerkship Program, Department of Community Medicine, Lexington, KY, 1968 – 1969

Honors

British Geriatric Society’s medal for the Relief of Suffering Amongst the Aged, 2008

Enrico Greppi Prize, Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2005

Inducted into University of Minnesota Academic Health Center's Academy for Excellence in Health Research, 2004

Dutch Kastenbaum Outstanding Gerontologist Award (from Minnesota Gerontological Society), 2003

Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 2000

Gerontological Society of America Polisher Award, 1998

David Solomon Honorary Lecture, UCLA, 1997

Jewish Homes for the Aging Applied Gerontological Research Award, 1992

American Society for the Aging President's Award, 1991

Visiting Professor, UCLA, 1991

Visiting Professor, Fallon Geriatrics Program, 1990

American Public Health Association Gerontological Health Key Award, 1988

American Geriatrics Society Edward B. Henderson Memorial Lecture Award, 1987

Geriatric Medicine Academic Award, 1979-1984

WHO Traveling Fellowship, 1975