American Journal of Epidemeology (Vol. 177, No. 5, Mar. 1, 2013).
February 28, 2013
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – February 28, 2013
“Skilled Nursing Facilities Often Fail To Meet Care Planning and Discharge Planning Requirements,” (OEI 02 09 00201, February 2013, .pdf format, 28p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-09-00201.asp
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CAAR – US Senate Finance Committee Hearing Testimony – February 28, 2013
“Delivery System Reform: Progress Report from CMS,” a hearing held February 28, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash Player format, running time 1 hour 24 minutes).
www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=f4d0fb58-5056-a032-527d-82eb37b66ba4
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CAAR – UK Department of Work and Pension Reports – February 28, 2013
A. “Understanding the relationship between pensioner poverty and material deprivation,” by Mehul Kotecha, Sue Arthur and Steven Coutinho (Research Report No. 827, February 2013, .pdf format, 77p.).
research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/report_abstracts/rr_abstracts/rra_827.asp
B. “Understanding Material Deprivation Among Older People,” by Anna Bartlett, Claire Frew and Joanne Gilroy (In-House Research No. 14, February 2013, .pdf format, 45p.).
research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/report_abstracts/ihr_abstracts/ihr_014.asp
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – February 28, 2013
A. “Research on a Community-based Platform for Promoting Health and Physical Fitness in the Elderly Community,” by Tsai-Hsuan Tsai, Alice May-Kuen Wong, Chien-Lung Hsu, and Kevin C. Tseng (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57452. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057452, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057452
B. “A Proposal for a Comprehensive Grading of Parkinson’s Disease Severity Combining Motor and Non-Motor Assessments: Meeting an Unmet Need,” by Kallol Ray Chaudhuri, Jose Manuel Rojo, Anthony H. V. Schapira, David J. Brooks, Fabrizio Stocchi, Per Odin, Angelo Antonini, Richard J. Brown, and Pablo Martinez-Martin (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57221. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057221, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057221
C. “Detection of Amyloid Plaques Targeted by Bifunctional USPIO in Alzheimer’s Disease Transgenic Mice Using Magnetic Resonance Microimaging,” by Youssef Zaim Wadghiri, Jialin Li, Jinhuan Wang, Dung Minh Hoang, Yanjie Sun, Hong Xu, Wai Tsui, Yongsheng Li, Allal Boutajangout, Andrew Wang, Mony de Leon, and Thomas Wisniewski (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57097. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057097, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057097
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CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – February 28, 2013
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data files (February 2013, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
- MEPS HC-141: 2011 Full Year Population Characteristics
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-141
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CAAR – Department of Health/An Roinn Slainte [Ireland] Report – February 28, 2013
“National Strategy On Dementia: Summary Of Consultation Process,” (February 2013, .pdf format, 31p.).
www.dohc.ie/publications/pdf/NatStratDemetia_SummaryConsultation.pdf
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CAAR – Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Foundation [London] Report – February 28, 2013
“Driving Choices for the Older Motorist: The role of self-assessment tools,” by Britta Lang, Andrew Parkes, and Kristen Fernandez Medina (February 2013, .pdf format, 106p.).
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CAAR – Journal Table of Contents – February 28, 2013
Educational Gerontology (Vol. 39, No. 5, May 2013).
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/uedg/2013/00000039/00000005
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