Kelsey M. Owsley

Assistant Professor

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-09

faculty

CPH | Health Policy & Management

KMOwsley@uams.edu

7 h-index 27 pubs 217 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Kelsey M. Owsley's research focuses on the financial and health impacts of cancer caregiving, particularly for individuals with low incomes. Her work examines the financial burdens faced by cancer survivors, including the costs associated with high-priced immunotherapies. Owsley also investigates factors influencing access to oncology services, such as the role of the 340B Drug Pricing Program in rural areas and its impact on hospital service availability. Additionally, her research explores the relationship between nonprofit hospital community benefit spending and hospital acquisitions, as well as reforms influencing charity care and medical debt write-offs. She is an Assistant Professor in Health Policy & Management at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Her scholarship includes 26 publications with 212 citations and an h-index of 7.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 27
  • Citations: 217

Selected Publications

  • Delay in breast cancer surgery: evaluating patient, healthcare access, and social vulnerability predictors (2026)
  • Poststroke Telehealth Utilization Patterns Across Gender, Geography, Insurance, and Age in Arkansas (2026)
  • Protecting patients in the U.S. from the financial burden of cancer immunotherapy: what can be done? (2025)
  • Long-Term Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Not-for-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Spending in the Southern US (2025)
  • Cancer Burden in Persistent Poverty Areas across the Cancer Continuum: A Scoping Review to Identify Gaps and Opportunities for Future Research (2025)
  • Oregon Not-for-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Policy: Trends in Community Benefit Spending (2025)
  • Oregon Community Benefit Reform Influenced Not-For-Profit Hospitals’ Charity Care And Medical Debt Write-Off (2025)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating Not-For-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Spending (2025)
  • Utilization of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Among Medicare Beneficiaries Newly Diagnosed With Diabetes in Arkansas, 12 Months Postdiagnosis (2015-2018) (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • US Hospital Service Availability and New 340B Program Participation (2024)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Community social vulnerability and the 340B Drug Pricing Program: Evaluating predictors of 340B participation among critical access hospital (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Much work to do about measuring work (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Access To Oncology Services In Rural Areas: Influence Of The 340B Drug Pricing Program (2023)
    12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Working, Low Income, and Cancer Caregiving: Financial and Mental Health Impacts (2023)
    25 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Understanding the relationship between nonprofit hospital community benefit spending and system membership: An analysis of independent hospital acquisitions (2022)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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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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