About the Author

James E. Allen, MSPH, PhD, CNHA, is President of Long Term Care Education.com, a national resource website for information on the long-term care field. He was Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 2006. Dr. Allen has 30+ years experience teaching and conducting research in the field of health care administration. He taught courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in long-term care administration, medical ethics, and the organisation and financing of health care delivery in the U.S.