Positions

Overview

  • Amy Yarbrough Landry, Ph.D., the Howard W. Houser Endowed Professor in Health Services Administration, is an associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Landry also serves as Director for the Master of Science in Health Administration program. She received her Ph.D. (administration-health services) from UAB in 2006. Prior to joining the faculty at UAB, she was a member of the Health Services Research, Management, and Policy faculty at the University of Florida. Landry's research interests include the strategic behavior of healthcare organizations, organizational performance and strategic human resources management. She received a Health Management Research Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives in 2007, and she received a research award from the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy in 2011 to study financial distress in the nursing home sector. Dr. Landry is currently studying the management practices of nursing homes with low resources. Her research has been published in the Journal of Healthcare Management, Medical Care Research and Review, and the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Dr. Landry has served as the Division Chair for the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management, and she is actively engaged in the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2021 Reported Clinical and Financial Performance of Hospitals with Physician CEOs Compared to Those with Nonphysician CEOs 2021
    2021 Factors Related to Hospital Bankruptcy: 2007 – 2019.  Journal of Accounting and Finance.  2021
    2021 The COVID-19 Impact on Health Administration Education: Understanding Student Perspectives on the Transition from In-person to Remote Learning.  The Journal of health administration education.  38. 2021
    2020 Integration of cardiologists with hospitals: Effects on physician compensation and productivity.  Health Care Management Review.  45:342-352. 2020
    2020 Predicting Nursing Home Financial Distress Using the Altman Z-Score.  Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing.  57. 2020
    2019 Effective Governance and Hospital Boards Revisited: Reflections on 25 Years of Research.  Medical Care Research and Review.  76:131-166. 2019
    2019 Evidence that patient-centered medical homes are effective in reducing emergency department admissions for patients with depression.  Health Services Management Research.  32:26-35. 2019
    2019 CEO Turnover Among U.S. Acute Care Hospitals, 2006-2015: Variations by Type of Geographic Area 2019
    2019 Organizational and environmental factors influencing hospital community orientation.  Health Care Management Review.  44:274-284. 2019
    2018 Patient perceptions of servicescape in healthcare: A systematic review of the literature 2018
    2017 Defining population health: Leveraging advisory board members’ perspectives to identify health administration curriculum content.  The Journal of health administration education.  34:5-20. 2017
    2017 Emergency Department wait time sharing: Do patients contribute to efficiency?.  Journal of Hospital Administration.  6:23. 2017
    2017 The relationship between emergency department wait times and inpatient satisfaction.  Journal of Hospital Marketing and Public Relations.  34:97-112. 2017
    2017 Gender Stereotyping is Alive and Well.  The Journal of health administration education.  34:257-275. 2017
    2016 Health Administration Faculty Members in Online-Only and Traditional Universities.  The Journal of health administration education.  33:271-283. 2016
    2015 The presence of hospital-based palliative care programs: A resource dependence perspective.  Health Care Management Review.  40:356-362. 2015
    2015 Organizational characteristics associated with fundraising performance of nonprofit hospitals 2015
    2015 Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Team Processes among Healthcare Executives: Processes that Facilitate Team Effectiveness.  Journal of health and human services administration.  38:349-380. 2015
    2014 Reported experiences with medicaid managed care models among parents of children.  Maternal and Child Health Journal.  18:544-553. 2014
    2013 Incentives for healthy behaviors: Experience from florida medicaid's enhanced benefit rewards program.  Journal of Primary Care and Community Health.  4:112-118. 2013
    2013 Did we learn everything we need to know in school?: An evaluation of executive workplace learning in healthcare organizations.  Leadership and Organization Development Journal.  34:164-181. 2013
    2012 Competency assessment and development among health-care leaders: Results of a cross-sectional survey.  Health Services Management Research.  25:78-86. 2012
    2012 Distinguishing community benefits: Tax exemption versus organizational legitimacy 2012
    2012 Perceptions of Healthcare Leaders: The role of Competency Development in Career Advancement.  Health Services Management Research.  25:78-86. 2012
    2011 Successful implementation in the public sector: Lessons learned from Florida's medicaid reform program.  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.  17:154-163. 2011
    2011 Medical Bankruptcy Reform: A Fallacy of Composition 2011
    2010 A configurational view of executive selection behaviours: A taxonomy of USA acute care hospitals.  Health Services Management Research.  23:128-138. 2010
    2009 Factors associated with hospital bankruptcies: A political and economic framework 2009
    2008 The evolution of rural hospitals viewed through a population ecology framework.  Journal of Hospital Marketing and Public Relations.  23:33-48. 2008
    2008 An empirical examination of the direct access costs to chapter 7 consumer bankruptcy: A pilot study in the Northern District of Alabama.  American Bankruptcy Law Journal.  82:331-347. 2008
    2007 Technology acceptance among physicians: A new take on TAM.  Medical Care Research and Review.  64:650-672. 2007
    2007 Navigating the social safety net: A state-level analysis of the relationship between medicaid and consumer bankruptcy.  Policy Studies Journal.  35:671-684. 2007
    2007 Global Lessons from Consumer Bankruptcy and Healthcare Reforms in the United States: A Struggling Social Safety Net 2007
    2006 A resource-based view of partnership strategies in health care organizations.  Journal of Hospital Marketing and Public Relations.  17:45-65. 2006

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022 Organization of Care 2022
    2020 LEADERSHIP AND SAFETY EXCELLENCE: THE EXPERIENCE OF HOSPITAL SUPPORT SERVICE WORKERS.  157-175. 2020
    2019 Organization of Care.  15-49. 2019
    2016 A struggling social safety net: Global lessons from bankruptcy and healthcare reforms in the United States, France and England.  165-185. 2016
    2016 Health Care Systems.  1-38. 2016
    2015 Delivery of Care 2015
    2009 Leadership Development, Succession Planning, and Mentoring 2009

    Research Overview

  • Dr. Landry's research interests surround the strategic behavior of healthcare organizations. She studies the organizational performance of hospitals and nursing homes. Dr. Landry has a particular interest in organizations that serve vulnerable populations, and she has done a variety of work studying the Medicaid program and its effectiveness.

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    Teaching Overview

  • Dr. Landry teaches a variety of graduate level courses including a health systems overview course and a comparative health systems course at the doctoral level.

    - Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System, MSHA, EMSHA
    - Comparative Health Systems, PhD, DSC
    - Health Care Marketing, MSHA, MBA
    - Health Administration Capstone, MSHA
    - Organizational Theory and Research, PhD
    - Human Resources Management in Health Administration, MSHA
    - Social Issues in Health Care, MSHA
    - Growth and Development of the U.S. Healthcare System, PhD

    • Teaching Activities

  • AH702 - Grwth and Dev US Hlth Care Sys (Spring Term 2010)
  • AH702 - Grwth and Dev US Hlth Care Sys (Spring Term 2011)
  • AH702 - Grwth and Dev US Hlth Care Sys (Spring Term 2014)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Fall Term 2009)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2012)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2013)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2015)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2016)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2017)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2018)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2019)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2020)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2021)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2022)
  • AH710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2023)
  • AH715 - Research Organizational Theory (Summer Term 2009)
  • AHD710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2012)
  • AHD710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2014)
  • AHD710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2016)
  • AHD710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2018)
  • AHD710 - Comparative Health Systems (Spring Term 2020)
  • AHD714 - Marketing Strat and Research (Spring Term 2022)
  • HA599 - Professional Development (Fall Term 2018)
  • HA599 - Professional Development (Fall Term 2019)
  • HA599 - Professional Development (Spring Term 2019)
  • HA599 - Professional Development (Spring Term 2020)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2008)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2009)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2009)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2010)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2011)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2011)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2012)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2013)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2013)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2014)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2014)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2015)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2015)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2016)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2016)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2017)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2017)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2018)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2018)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2019)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2019)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2020)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2020)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2021)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2021)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2022)
  • HA602 - Intro to Health Care Systems (Fall Term 2022)
  • HA614 - Process Improvement (Spring Term 2020)
  • HA618 - Health Services Admin Seminar (Spring Term 2016)
  • HA628 - Leadership Development (Summer Term 2016)
  • HA628 - Leadership Development (Summer Term 2017)
  • HA628 - Leadership Development (Summer Term 2018)
  • HA628 - Leadership Development (Summer Term 2019)
  • HA635 - HR Mgt in Health Service Admin (Fall Term 2008)
  • HA644 - Ambulatry Care/Med Grp Mgt Sem (Spring Term 2017)
  • HA644 - Ambulatry Care/Med Grp Mgt Sem (Spring Term 2018)
  • HA644 - Ambulatry Care/Med Grp Mgt Sem (Spring Term 2019)
  • HA644 - Ambulatry Care/Med Grp Mgt Sem (Spring Term 2020)
  • HA644 - Ambulatry Care/Med Grp Mgt Sem (Spring Term 2021)
  • HA644 - Ambulatry Care/Med Grp Mgt Sem (Spring Term 2022)
  • HA644 - Ambulatry Care/Med Grp Mgt Sem (Spring Term 2023)
  • HA645 - Health Economics (Fall Term 2022)
  • HA661 - Soc Iss Health Serv Admin Sem (Spring Term 2009)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2009)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2011)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2012)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2013)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2014)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2015)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2016)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2017)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2021)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2021)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2022)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2022)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2023)
  • HA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2023)
  • HA675 - Health Admin Internship (Summer Term 2016)
  • HA675 - Health Admin Internship (Summer Term 2016)
  • HA675 - Health Admin Internship (Summer Term 2017)
  • HA675 - Health Admin Internship (Summer Term 2017)
  • HA675 - Health Admin Internship (Summer Term 2018)
  • HA675 - Health Admin Internship (Summer Term 2018)
  • HA675 - Health Admin Internship (Summer Term 2019)
  • HA675 - Health Admin Internship (Summer Term 2019)
  • HA680 - Health Administration Capstone (Spring Term 2017)
  • HA680 - Health Administration Capstone (Spring Term 2018)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2014)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2014)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2016)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2016)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2017)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2017)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2018)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2018)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2019)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Fall Term 2019)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Spring Term 2016)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Spring Term 2016)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Spring Term 2017)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Spring Term 2017)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Spring Term 2020)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Spring Term 2020)
  • HA690 - Administrative Residency (Summer Term 2017)
  • MBA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2011)
  • MBA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2012)
  • MBA671 - Health Care Marketing (Spring Term 2013)

    • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Health / Health Care Administration / Management, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2006
  • Master of Hospital Health Admin / Health Admin in Health / Health Care Administration / Management, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2002
  • Master of Business in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2001

    • Awards And Honors

    Full Name

  • Amy Landry