Scholarly/Creative Works

• Lord, J., Ghiasi, A., Pradhan, R., Gupta, S., Orewa, G., Davlyatov, G., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (n.d.). Exploring the Influence of Agency Nursing Staff on Nursing Home Financial Performance. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy.
• Pradhan, R., Ghiasi, A., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (n.d.). The Impact of Nursing Staff Wages on Nursing Home Quality: An Instrumental Variable Approach. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
• Pradhan, R., Ghiasi, A., Davlyatov, G., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (n.d.). Utilization of Agency Nursing Staff in U.S. Nursing Homes: Trends and Insights. Heliyon.
• Pradhan, R., Davlyatov, G., Chisholm, L., Williams, C., Sen, K., Manning, A. D. J., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2025). Agency Nursing Staff Utilization and Turnover in Nursing Homes: A Longitudinal Analysis. Healthcare, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13040379
• Chisholm, L., Ghiasi, A., Pradhan, R., Lord, J., Davlyatov, G., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2025). Culture Change and Quality of Care Among High Medicaid Nursing Homes: Does Earlier  Implementation Matter? Journal of Long-Term Care, 12–19. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.305
• Pradhan, R., Ghiasi, A., Orewa, G., Gupta, S., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2025). Unraveling the Chains: Exploring the Impact of Ownership on Administrator Turnover in Nursing Homes. Health Care Management Review, 50(2), 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.0000000000000426
• Pradhan, R., Lord, J., Davlyatov, G., Orewa, G., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2025). How Neighborhood Social Deprivation is Associated with Nursing Home Quality: A Structure, Process, Outcome Model. Innovation in Aging, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf004

• Pradhan, R., Ghiasi, A., Davlyatov, G., Gupta, S., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2024). Threads of Care: Unraveling the Impact of Agency Nurses on Nursing Home Quality. Medical Care. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000002114
• Pradhan, R., Shanmugam, R., & Sudame, A. (2024). Navigating the New Normal: Exploring the Roadmap for Long-term Care Services in India in the Era of COVID-19. In Integrated Science for Sustainable Development Goal 3. Integrated Science (Vol. 25). New York, United States: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64288-3_20
• Pradhan, R., Ghiasi, A., Gupta, S., Orewa, G., Davlyatov, G., Beauvais, B. M., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2024). Ownership Matters: Not-for-profit chain nursing homes have higher utilization of agency nursing staff. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 61, 00469580241292170. https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580241292170
• Pradhan, R., Beauvais, B. M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Dolezel, D. M., Wood, D., & Shanmugam, R. (2024). Agency Staffing and Hospital Financial Performance: Insights and Implications. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, (16), 365–374. https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S470175
• Dayama, N., Felix, H., Pradhan, R., Morris, M., & Karim, S. (2024). Longitudinal study links health information technology implementation to improved financial performance in nursing homes. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.21037/jhmhp-24-51
• Beauvais, B. M., Pradhan, R., Dolezel, D. M., Shanmugam, R., Wood, D., & Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H. (2024). The Association Between Organizational Market Factors and Agency Labor Utilization in U.S. Hospitals. Administrative Sciences, 14(9), 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci14090192
• Pradhan, R., Dayama, N., Morris, M., Elliott, K., & Felix, H. C. (2024). Enhancing Nursing Home Quality through Electronic Health Record Implementation. Healh Information Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/18333583241274010
• Shanmugam, R., Beauvais, B. M., Dolezel, D. M., Pradhan, R., & Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H. (2024). The Probability of Hospital Bankruptcy: A Stochastic Approach. International Journal of Financial Studies, 12(3), 85. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijfs12030085
• Pradhan, R., Dayama, N., Davlyatov, G., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2024). Response to “Electronic Health Record Implementation Enhances Financial Performance in High Medicaid Nursing Homes” [Response to Letter]. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 17, 4089—4090. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S489105
• Beauvais, B. M., Dolezel, D. M., Shanmugam, R., Wood, D., & Pradhan, R. (2024). An Exploratory Analysis of the Association Between Healthcare Associated Infections & Hospital Financial Performance. Healthcare, 12, 1314. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12131314
• Pradhan, R., Ghaisi, A., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2024). Leadership Matters: Investigating the Association between Nursing Home Administrator Turnover and Quality. The Gerontologist, 64(9). https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae066
• Dayama, N., Pradhan, R., Davlyatov, G., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2024). Electronic Health Record Implementation Enhances Financial Performance in High Medicaid Nursing Homes. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 17, 2577–2589. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S457420
• Beauvais, B. M., Pradhan, R., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Mileski, M., & Shanmugam, R. (2024). When Agency Fails: An Analysis of the Association Between Hospital Agency Staffing and Quality Outcomes. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 1361–1372. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S459840
• Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Kruse, C. S., Beauvais, B. M., Betancourt, J. A., Pacheco, G. J., … Sharma, A. (2024). The Effect of COVID-19 on Cancer Incidences in the U.S. Heliyon, 10(7), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28804
• Pradhan, R., Ghiasi, A., Davlyatov, G., Orewa, G., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2024). Beyond the Balance Sheet: Investigating the Association Between NHA Turnover and Nursing Home Financial Performance. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 17, 249–260. https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s421889
• Orewa, G., Davlyatov, G., Pradhan, R., Lord, J., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2024). High Medicaid Nursing Homes: Contextual Factors Associated with the Availability of Specialized Resources Required to Care for Obese Residents. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 36(1), 156–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2023.2284061

• Beauvais, B. M., Mileski, M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Lee, K. A., Kruse, C. S., Betancourt, J. A., … Shanmugam, R. (2023). The Association Between Facility Affiliations and Revenue Generation  in Skilled Nursing Facilities – An Exploratory Study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2023, 3099—3114. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S433771
• Beauvais, B. M., Kruse, S., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Pradhan, R., Sen, K., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). An Exploratory Analysis of the Association Between Hospital Labor Costs and the Quality of Care. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 16, 1075–1091. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S410296

• Felix, H., Dayama, N., Morris, M. E., Pradhan, R., & Bradway, C. (2021). Organizational Characteristics and the Adoption of Electronic Health Records Among Nursing Homes in One Southern State. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40(5), 481–488. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820906685

• Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Weech-Maldonado, R., Hearld, L., Pradhan, R., & Davlyatov, G. (2020). The Privatization of Public Hospitals: Its Impact on Financial Performance. Medical Care Research and Review, 77(3), 249–260. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558718781606 IF = 2.577 H Index = 77  SJR 2018 = 1.6 Q1 (best quartile)  Scopus cite score = 2.51 Highest percentile 2/28  Acceptance rate = 6%

• Weech-Maldonado, R., Pradhan, R., Dayama, N., Lord, J., & Gupta, S. (2019). Nursing Home Quality and Financial Performance: Is There a Business Case for Quality. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018825191
• Morris, M. E., Filla, J., Stefanak, M., Pradhan, R., Smith, S. A., & Hoornbeek, J. (2019). The Impact of Local Health Department Consolidation on Non-Local Public Health Revenues: Evidence from Ohio. Journal of Health Care Finance, 45(3).
• Utecht, J., Ball, J., Bowman, S. M., Dodd, J., Judkins, J., Maxson, R. T., … Brochhausen, M. (2019). Development and Validation of a Controlled Vocabulary: An OWL Representation of Organizational Structures of Trauma Centers and Trauma Systems. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 264, 403–407. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti190252
• Weech-Maldonado, R., Lord, J., Pradhan, R., Davlyatov, G., Dayama, N., Gupta, S., & Herald, L. (2019). High Medicaid Nursing Homes: Organizational and Market factors Associated with Financial Performance. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018825061

• Fliex, H., Bradway, C., Bird, T. M., Pradhan, R., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2018). Safety of Obese Persons in Nursing Homes. Medical Care, 56(12), 1032–1034. https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000000997
• Chisholm, L., Zhang, N. J., Hyer, K., Pradhan, R., Unruh, L., & Lin, F.-C. (2018). Culture Change in Nursing Homes: What Is the Role of Nursing Home Resources? INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018787043

• Morris, M. E., Stefanak, M., Filla, J., Smith, S. A., Pradhan, R., & Hoornbeek, J. (2017). Explaining Consolidation Decisions: Motivations for Recent Local Health Department Consolidations in Ohio. Journal of Healthcare Finance, 44(2).

• Utcht, J., Judkins, J., Otte, J. N., Colvin, T., Rose, R., Hicks, A., … Brochhausen, M. (2016). OOSTT: A Resource for Analyzing the Organizational Structures of Trauma Centers and Trauma Systems. CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

• Hornbeek, J., Morris, M. E., Stefanak, M., Fillia, J., Pradhan, R., & Smith, S. A. (2015). The Impacts of Local Health Department Consolidation on Public Health Expenditures: Evidence from Ohio. American Journal of Public Health, 105(2), S174–S180. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2014.302450
• Felix, H., Bradway, C., Chisholm, L., Pradhan, R., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2015). Prevalence of Moderate to Severe Obesity Among US Nursing Home Residents. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 8(4), 173–178. https://doi.org/10.3928/19404921-20150223-01

• Pradhan, R., Weech-Maldonado, R., Harman, J. S., & Hyer, K. (2014). Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes: Implications for Quality. Journal of Health Care Finance, 42(2).
• Weech-Maldonado, R., Pradhan, R., & Powell, P. (2014). Medicare and Healthcare Utilization. In The Handbook on Minority Aging (pp. 539–556). New York, New York, United States: Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1891/9780826109644.0033
• Al-Amin, M., Weech-Maldonado, R., & Pradhan, R. (2014). Hospital-Physicians Relationship: Implications from the Professional Service Firms Literature. Annual Review of Health Care Management: Revisiting The Evolution of Health Systems Organization, 15, 165–184. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1474-8231(2013)0000015012
• Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Weech-Maldonado, R., Hearld, L., & Pradhan, R. (2014). Public hospitals in peril: Factors associated with financial distress. Journal of Health Care Finance, 40(3), 14–30. https://doi.org/N/A Scimago SJR 2018 = 0.11, Q4, H index = 23

• Pradhan, R., Weech-Maldonado, R., Harman, J. S., Laberge, A., & Hyer, K. (2013). Private Equity Ownership and Nursing Home Financial Performance. Health Care Management Review, 38(3), 224–233. https://doi.org/10.1097/hmr.0b013e31825729ab

• Weech-Maldonado, R., Labarge, A., & Pradhan, R. (2012). Nursing Home Financial Performance: The Role of Ownership and Chain Affiliation. Health Care Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1097/hmr.0b013e31823dfe13
• Weech-Maldonado, R., Dreachslin, J. L., Brown, J., Pradhan, R., Rubin, K. R., Schiller, C., & Hays, R. D. (2012). Cultural Competency Assessment Tool for Hospitals (CCATH): Evaluating hospitals’ adherence to the CLAS Standards. Health Care Management Review, 37(1), 54–56. https://doi.org/10.1097/hmr.0b013e31822e2a4f
• Weech-Maldonado, R., Elliot, M., Pradhan, R., Schiller, C., & Hall, A. (2012). Can Hospital Cultural Competency Reduce Disparities in Patient Experiences with Care? Medical Care, 50, S48–S55. https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0b013e3182610ad1
• Weech-Maldonado, R., Elliot, M., Pradhan, R., Schiller, C., Dreachslin, J., & Hays, R. D. (2012). Moving Towards Culturally Competent Health Systems: Organizational and Market Factors. Social Science & Medicine, 75(5), 815–822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.053
• Weech-Maldonado, R., Labrage, A., Pradhan, R., Johnson, C. E., Yang, Z., & Hyer, K. (2012). Nursing Home Financial Performance: The Role of Ownership and Chain Affiliation. Health Care Management Review, 37(3), 235–245. https://doi.org/10.1097/hmr.0b013e31823dfe13

• Pradhan, R., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2011). Exploring the Relationship between Private Equity Ownership and Nursing Home Performance: A Review. Biennial Review of Health Care Management (Advances in Health Care Management), 11, 63–89. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1474-8231(2011)0000011007
• Al-Amin, M., Makarem, S. C., & Pradhan, R. (2011). Hospitals’ ability to attract international patients: a conceptual framework. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 5(3), 205–221. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506121111172211
• Valez-González, H., Pradhan, R., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2011). The Role of Non-financial Performance Measures in Predicting Financial Performance: The Case for for-profit system hospitals. Journal of Health Care Finance, 38(2), 12–23.

• Weech-Maldonado, R., Laberge, A., Pradhan, R., Johnson, C., Yang, Z., & Hyer, K. (2010). Nursing Home Financial Performance: The Role of Ownership and Chain Affiliation. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.