“CMS’s Controls Over Assigning Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers and Mailing New Medicare Cards Were Generally Effective but Could Be Improved in Some Areas,” (A-09-19-03003, January 2020, .pdf format, 16p.).
January 16, 2020
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – January 16, 2020
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – January 17, 2020
A. “Healthcare utilization of Mexican-American Medicare beneficiaries with and without Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias,” by Brian Downer, Soham Al Snih, Mukaila Raji, Lin-Na Chou, Yong-Fang Kuo, Kyriakos S. Markides, and Kenneth J. Ottenbacher (PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227681. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227681, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227681
B. “Staging dementia based on caregiver reported patient symptoms: Implications from a latent class analysis,” by Qi Yuan, Tee Hng Tan, Peizhi Wang, Fiona Devi, Hui Lin Ong, Edimansyah Abdin, Magadi Harish, Richard Goveas, Li Ling Ng, Siow Ann Chong, and Mythily Subramaniam (PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227857. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227857, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227857
CAAR – Nature Article – January 16, 2020
Note: Check with your organization’s library for availability. “Clonally expanded CD8 T cells patrol the cerebrospinal fluid in Alzheimer’s disease,” by David Gate, Naresha Saligrama, Olivia Leventhal, Andrew C. Yang, Michael S. Unger, Jinte Middeldorp, Kelly Chen, Benoit Lehallier, Divya Channappa, Mark B. De Los Santos, Alisha McBride, John Pluvinage, Fanny Elahi, Grace Kyin-Ye Tam, Yongha Kim, Michael Greicius, Anthony D. Wagner, Ludwig Aigner, Douglas R. Galasko, Mark M. Davis & Tony Wyss-Coray (Vol. 577, No. 7790, January 16, 2020, p. 399-404).
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – January 16, 2020
– Sweden revised and updated through 2018 (January 14, 2020).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
CAAR – American Bar Association Periodical – January 16, 2020
Bifocal (Vol. 41, No. 3, January/February 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 37p.).
www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol-41/bifocal-vol-41–issue-3/
CAAR – Tables of Contents – January 16, 2020
Educational Gerontology (Vol. 46, No. 2, 2020).
www.tandfonline.com/toc/uedg20/46/2?nav=tocList
Journals of Gerontology (B): Psychological Sciences (Vol. 75B, No. 2, February 2020).