Kelsey M. Owsley
Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
faculty
CPH | Health Policy & Management
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Kelsey M. Owsley's research investigates the financial and mental health impacts of cancer caregiving, particularly among working, low-income populations. Her work also examines access to oncology services in rural areas and the influence of programs like the 340B Drug Pricing Program on hospital service availability and participation. Owsley has published on the lasting financial burden of cancer, exploring evidence from longitudinal assessments and the financial burden of high-cost immunotherapy for Medicare cancer survivors. Additionally, her research includes an analysis of the relationship between nonprofit hospital community benefit spending and system membership, as well as the effects of community benefit reform on charity care and medical debt write-offs. Owsley is an Assistant Professor in Health Policy & Management at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with a scholarly record including 26 publications and 205 citations, and an h-index of 7.
Metrics
- h-index: 7
- Publications: 26
- Citations: 205
Selected Publications
- Delay in breast cancer surgery: evaluating patient, healthcare access, and social vulnerability predictors (2026) DOI
- Poststroke Telehealth Utilization Patterns Across Gender, Geography, Insurance, and Age in Arkansas (2026) DOI
- Protecting patients in the U.S. from the financial burden of cancer immunotherapy: what can be done? (2025) DOI
- Long-Term Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Not-for-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Spending in the Southern US (2025) DOI
- Cancer Burden in Persistent Poverty Areas across the Cancer Continuum: A Scoping Review to Identify Gaps and Opportunities for Future Research (2025) DOI
- Oregon Not-for-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Policy: Trends in Community Benefit Spending (2025) DOI
- Oregon Community Benefit Reform Influenced Not-For-Profit Hospitals’ Charity Care And Medical Debt Write-Off (2025) DOI
- Evaluating Not-For-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Spending (2025) DOI
- Utilization of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Among Medicare Beneficiaries Newly Diagnosed With Diabetes in Arkansas, 12 Months Postdiagnosis (2015-2018) (2024) DOI
- US Hospital Service Availability and New 340B Program Participation (2024) DOI
- Community social vulnerability and the 340B Drug Pricing Program: Evaluating predictors of 340B participation among critical access hospital (2024) DOI
- Much work to do about measuring work (2023) DOI
- Access To Oncology Services In Rural Areas: Influence Of The 340B Drug Pricing Program (2023) DOI
- Working, Low Income, and Cancer Caregiving: Financial and Mental Health Impacts (2023) DOI
- Understanding the relationship between nonprofit hospital community benefit spending and system membership: An analysis of independent hospital acquisitions (2022) DOI
Grants & Funding
- GLP-1 Based Therapies on Lymphedema in Overweight or Obese Breast Cancer Patients State of Arkansas - Pass Through: Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program Principal Investigator
- Optimizing Telehealth in Caring for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences - Pass Through: Tulane University Principal Investigator
- Optimizing Telehealth in Caring for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences - Pass Through: Tulane University Principal Investigator
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