Dr. Kane’s research focuses on the financial and managerial performance of health care organizations. Recent and ongoing projects include:

• Analysis of individual health insurance markets at the state level — how insurers and consumers behave, and policy implications
• Assessment of the financial performance of hospitals in a local market area in which a nonprofit hospital converts to investor-owned status
• Development of quantifiable measures of charitable activity, tax-exempt value, and financial performance of health care organizations
• Case studies of the feasibility of implementing managed care tools in a variety of international settings

D.B.A., 1981, Harvard Business School