“Trend Toward More Expensive Inpatient Hospital Stays in Medicare Emerged Before COVID-19 and Warrants Further Scrutiny,” (OEI-02-18-00380, February 2021, .pdf format, 20p.).
February 25, 2021
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – February 25, 2021
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December 11, 2020
CAAR – Institute for Fiscal Studies [UK] Working Paper – December 11, 2020
“Long-term care spending and hospital use among the older population in England,” by Rowena Crawford, George Stoye and Ben Zaranko (W20/40, December 2020, .pdf format, 50p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
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October 9, 2020
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 9, 2020
“Is the number of previous hospitalizations associated with increased in-hospital mortality after hip fracture in a developing country?” by Helen Regina Mota Machareth de Morais, Edison Iglesias de Oliveira Vidal, Claudia Medina Coeli, and Rejane Sobrino Pinheiro (PLoS ONE 15(10): e0240229. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240229, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
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September 8, 2020
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Reports – September 8, 2020
A. “Interfaces between the aged care and health systems in Australia—movements between aged care and hospital 2016–17,” (September 2020, .pdf format, 15p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/aged-care/movements-between-aged-care-and-hospital/contents/summary
B. “Interfaces between the aged care and health systems in Australia—GP use by people living in permanent residential aged care 2012–13 to 2016–17,” (September 2020, .pdf format, 11p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/aged-care/gp-use-by-people-in-permanent-residential-care/contents/summary
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June 2, 2020
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – June 2, 2020
“Association Between Thrombolytic Door-to-Needle Time and 1-Year Mortality and Readmission in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke,” by Shumei Man, Ying Xian, DaJuanicia N. Holmes, Roland A. Matsouaka, Jeffrey L. Saver, Eric E. Smith, Deepak L. Bhatt, Lee H. Schwamm, and Gregg C. Fonarow (Vol. 323, No. 21, June 3, 2020, p. 2170-2184).
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March 12, 2020
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstracts – March 12, 2020
A. “Mortality and Hospitalizations for Dually Enrolled and Nondually Enrolled Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 Years or Older, 2004 to 2017,” by Rishi K. Wadhera, Yun Wang, Jose F. Figueroa, Francesca Dominici, Robert W. Yeh, and Karen E. Joynt Maddox (Vol. 323, No. 10, March 10, 2020, p 961-969).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2762612
B. “Effect of Reduced Exposure to Vasopressors on 90-Day Mortality in Older Critically Ill Patients With Vasodilatory Hypotension: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” by Francois Lamontagne, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, David A. Harrison, M. Zia Sadique, Richard D. Grieve, Julie Camsooksai, Robert Darnell, Anthony C. Gordon, Doreen Henry, Nicholas Hudson, Alexina J. Mason, Michelle Saull, Chris Whitman, J. Duncan Young, Kathryn M. Rowan, and Paul R. Mouncey, for the 65 trial investigators (Vol. 323, No. 10, March 10, 2020, p 938-949).
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January 9, 2020
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – January 9, 2020
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Age Discrimination in Hiring: Evidence from Age-Blind vs. Non-Age-Blind Hiring Procedures,” by David Neumark (w26623, January 2020, .pdf format, 26p.).
B. “The Impact of Bequest Motives on Retirement Behavior in Japan: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis,” by Charles Yuji Horioka, Emin Gahramanov, Aziz Hayat, and Xueli Tang (w26621, January 2020, .pdf format, 40p.).
C. “Contract Work at Older Ages,” by Katharine G. Abraham, Brad Hershbein, and Susan Houseman (w26612, January 2020, .pdf format, 34p.).
D. “Does the Marginal Hospitalization Save Lives? The Case of Respiratory Admissions for the Elderly,” by Janet Currie and David Slusky (w26618, January 2020, .pdf format, 55p.).
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December 18, 2019
CAAR – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Article – December 18, 2019
“Hospitalizations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries — United States, 1999–2017,” by Fang Xu, Anne G. Wheaton, Yong Liu, Hua Lu, and Kurt J. Greenlund (Vol. 68, No. 49, December 13, 2019, .pdf and HTML format, p. 1134-1138).
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October 21, 2019
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 21, 2019
“Can non-pharmacological interventions reduce hospital admissions in people with dementia? A systematic review,” by Richard Packer, Yoav Ben Shlomo, and Penny Whiting (PLoS ONE 14(10): e0223717. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223717, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 18p.).
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September 26, 2019
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – September 26, 2019
“Trends in hospitalised injury due to falls in older people 2007–08 to 2016–17,” (September 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 57p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/trends-in-hospitalised-injury-due-to-falls/contents/table-of-contents
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September 20, 2019
CAAR – Institute for Fiscal Studies [UK] Working Paper – September 20, 2019
“Variation in end-of-life hospital spending in England: Evidence from linked survey and administrative data,” by George Stoye and Tom Lee (W19/22, September 2019, .pdf format, 28p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
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August 8, 2019
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – August 8, 2019
A. “Hospitalization of the aged due to stroke: An ecological perspective,” by Marcelo de Jesus Carlos, Ana Carolina Lima Cavaletti, and Celia Pereira Caldas (PLoS ONE 14(8): e0220833. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220833, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0220833
B. “Lifetime abuse and somatic symptoms among older women and men in Europe,” by Bahareh Eslami, Mirko Di Rosa , Henrique Barros, Francisco Torres-Gonzalez, Mindaugas Stankunas, Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou, Jutta Lindert, Joaquim J. F. Soares, Giovanni Lamura, and Maria Gabriella Melchiorre (PLoS ONE 14(8): e0220741. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220741, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 15p.).
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May 2, 2019
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – May 2, 2019
“Service Provision, Hospitalizations, and Chronic Conditions in Adult Day Services Centers: Findings From the 2016 National Study of Long-Term Care Providers,” by Christine Caffrey and Jessica Penn Lendon (National Health Statistics Reports No. 124, April 2019, .pdf format, 8p.).
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October 22, 2018
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – October 22, 2018
“Hip fracture incidence and hospitalisations in Australia 2015–16,” (October 2018, .pdf and Excel format, 50p.).
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May 17, 2018
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – May 17, 2018
“Trends in hospitalised injury due to falls in older people 2002–03 to 2014–15,” (May 2018, .pdf format, 58p.).
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November 7, 2017
CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report, Factsheet – November 7, 2017
A. “Patient and Family Advisory Councils in Hospitals: Building Partnerships to Improve Care,” by Lynn Friss Feinberg (November 2017, .pdf format, 5p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2017/patient-and-family-advisory-councils-in-hospitals.html
B. “Protecting Consumers during the Telephone Network Modernization,” by Neal Walters (November 2017, .pdf format, 2p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2017/protecting-consumers-during-the-telephone-network-modernization.html
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October 11, 2017
CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – October 11, 2017
“State Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Long-Term Nursing Home Care after Hospitalization,” by Ellen O’Brien and Wendy Fox-Grage (October 2017, .pdf format, 21p.).
www.longtermscorecard.org/promising-practices/reducing-risk-nursing-home-care
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September 20, 2017
CAAR – Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada Articles – September 20, 2017
A. “High use of acute care hospital services at age 50 or older,” by Michelle Rotermann (Health Reports, Vol. 29, No. 8, September 2017, .pdf and HTML format, 3-16p.).
www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2017009/article/54855-eng.htm
B. “Nutritional risk, hospitalization and mortality among community-dwelling Canadians aged 65 or older,” by Pamela L. Ramage-Morin, Heather Gilmour and Michelle Rotermann (Health Reports, Vol. 29, No. 8, September 2017, .pdf and HTML format, p. 17-27).
www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2017009/article/54856-eng.htm
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May 24, 2017
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article – May 24, 2017
Note: The link below is to the table of contents for the current issue of JAMA (Vol. 317, No. 20, May 23/30, 2017). Check with your organization’s information center for availability.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/issue/317/20
“Association Between Teaching Status and Mortality in US Hospitals,” by Laura G. Burke, Austin B. Frakt, Dhruv Khullar, E. John Orav, and Ashish K. Jha (p. 2105-2113).
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March 17, 2017
CAAR – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Surveillance Summaries Article – March 17, 2017
“Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths — United States, 2007 and 2013,” (Vol. 66, No. 9, March 17, 2017, .pdf and HTML format, p. 1-16).
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December 20, 2016
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – December 20, 2016
“Vulnerabilities Remain Under Medicare’s 2-Midnight Hospital Policy,” (OEI-02-15-00020, December 2016, .pdf format, 33p.).
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November 9, 2016
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – November 9, 2016
A. “Neuroprotective Effects of Pomegranate Peel Extract after Chronic Infusion with Amyloid-{beta} Peptide in Mice,” by Maressa Caldeira Morzelle, Jocelem Mastrodi Salgado, Milena Telles, Danilo Mourelle, Patricia Bachiega, Hudson Sousa Buck, and Tania Araujo Viel (PLoS ONE 11(11): e0166123. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166123, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 20p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0166123
B. “Rehabilitation Profiles of Older Adult Stroke Survivors Admitted to Intermediate Care Units: A Multi-Centre Study,” by Laura M. Perez, Marco Inzitari, Terence J. Quinn, Joan Montaner, Ricard Gavalda, Esther Duarte, Laura Coll-Planas, Merce Cerda, Sebastià Santaeugenia, Conxita Closa, and Miquel Gallofre (PLoS ONE 11(11): e0166304. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166304, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
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November 1, 2016
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – November 1, 2016
“Prediction of Hospitalization due to Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly Community-Dwelling Patients (The PADR-EC Score),” by Nibu Parameswaran Nair, Leanne Chalmers, Michael Connolly, Bonnie J. Bereznicki, Gregory M. Peterson, Colin Curtain, Ronald L. Castelino, and Luke R. Bereznicki (PLoS ONE 11(10): e0165757. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165757, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
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September 20, 2016
CAAR – Center for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) [Munich, Bavaria, Germany] Working Paper – September 20, 2016
“Does Long-Term Care Subsidisation Reduce Unnecessary Hospitalisations?” by Joan Costa-i-Font, Sergi Jimenez-Martin, and Cristina Vilaplana (CESifo Working Paper No. 6078, September 2016, .pdf format, 42p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/working-papers/CESifoWP/CESifoWPdetails?wp_id=19247531
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February 9, 2016
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Articles – February 9, 2016
Note: The link below is to the table of contents for the current issue of JAMA (Vol. 315, No. 6, February 9, 2016). Check with your organization’s information center for availability.
jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx?journalid=67&issueid=934929&direction=P
“Association of Admission to Veterans Affairs Hospitals vs Non–Veterans Affairs Hospitals With Mortality and Readmission Rates Among Older Men Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia,” by Sudhakar V. Nuti, Li Qin, John S. Rumsfeld, Joseph S. Ross, Frederick A. Masoudi, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Karthik Murugiah, Susannah M. Bernheim, Lisa G. Suter, and Harlan M. Krumholz (p. 582-592).
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December 30, 2015
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – December 30, 2015
A. “Comparison of Self-Reported and Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity in Older Women,” by Eric J. Shiroma, Nancy R. Cook, JoAnn E. Manson, Julie E. Buring, Eric B. Rimm, and I-Min Lee (PLoS ONE 10(12): e0145950. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145950, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 15p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0145950
B. “Multi-Morbidity in Hospitalised Older Patients: Who Are the Complex Elderly?” by Milagros Ruiz, Alex Bottle, Susannah Long, and Paul Aylin (PLoS ONE 10(12): e0145372. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145372, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
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December 11, 2015
CAAR – British Medical Journal Article – December 11, 2015
“Length of hospital stay after hip fracture and risk of early mortality after discharge in New York state: retrospective cohort study,” by Lucas E. Nikkel, Stephen L. Kates, Michael Schreck, Michael Maceroli, Bilal Mahmood, and John C. Elfar (Vol. 351, No. 8037, BMJ 2015;351:h6246, .pdf and HTML format).
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December 8, 2015
CAAR – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief – December 8, 2015
“Hospital Stays in Medicare Advantage Plans Versus the Traditional Medicare Fee-for-Service Program, 2013,” by Susan O. Raetzman, Anika L. Hines, Marguerite L. Barrett, and Zeynal Karaca (Statistical Brief No. 198, December 2015, .pdf and HTML format, 18p.).
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September 29, 2015
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – September 29, 2015
“Hospitalization, Readmission, and Death Experience of Noninstitutionalized Medicare Fee-for-service Beneficiaries Aged 65 and Over,” by Yelena Gorina, Laura A. Pratt, Ellen A. Kramarow, and Nazik Elgaddal (National Health Statistics Report No. 84, September 2015, .pdf format, 22p.).
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September 3, 2015
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – September 3, 2015
“Hospitalization for Total Knee Replacement Among Inpatients Aged 45 and Over: United States, 2000–2010,” by Sonja N. Williams, Monica L. Wolford, and Anita Bercovitz (Data Brief No. 210, September 2015, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
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July 30, 2015
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – July 30, 2015
“Multidimensional Prognostic Index in Association with Future Mortality and Number of Hospital Days in a Population-Based Sample of Older Adults: Results of the EU Funded MPI_AGE Project,” by Sara B. Angleman, Giola Santoni, Alberto Pilotto, Laura Fratiglioni, and Anna-Karin Welmer, on behalf of the MPI_AGE Project Investigators (PLoS ONE 10(7): e0133789. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133789, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
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July 28, 2015
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstracts – July 28, 2015
Note: The link below is to the table of contents for the current issue of JAMA (Vol. 314, No. 4, July 28, 2015). Check with your organization’s information center for availability.
A. “Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Expenditures for the Medicare Population Aged 65 Years or Older, 1999-2013,” by Harlan M. Krumholz, Sudhakar V. Nuti, Nicholas S. Downing, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, and Yun Wang (p. 355-365).
B. “Hospital Characteristics Associated With Penalties in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program,” by Ravi Rajaram, Jeanette W. Chung, Christine V. Kinnier, Cynthia Barnard, Sanjay Mohanty, Emily S. Pavey, Megan C. McHugh, Karl Y. Bilimoria (p. 375-383.
jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx?journalid=67&issueid=934258&direction=P
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July 16, 2015
CAAR – Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion [London School of Economics, London, UK] Report – July 16, 2015
“Older people’s experiences of dignity and nutrition during hospital stays: Secondary data analysis using the Adult Inpatient Survey,” by Polly Vizard and Tania Burchardt (CASE/Report 91, June 2015, .pdf format, 210p.).
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June 5, 2015
CAAR – British Medical Journal Article – June 5, 2015
“Outcome of delirium in critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis,” by Jorge I. F. Salluh, Han Wang, Eric B. Schneider, Neeraja Nagaraja, Gayane Yenokyan, Abdulla Damluji, Rodrigo B Serafim, and Robert D. Stevens (Vol. (Vol. 350, No. 8011, June 6, 2015, BMJ 2015;350:h2538, .pdf and HTML format).
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May 26, 2015
CAAR – British Medical Journal Articles – May 26, 2015
A. “The role of intervening hospital admissions on trajectories of disability in the last year of life: prospective cohort study of older people,” by Thomas M. Gill, Evelyne A. Gahbauer, Ling Han, and Heather G. Allore (Vol. 350, No. 8009, May 23, 2015, BMJ 2015;350:h2361, .pdf and HTML format).
www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2361
B. “Primary prevention with lipid lowering drugs and long term risk of vascular events in older people: population based cohort study,” by Annick Alperovitch, Tobias Kurth, Marion Bertrand, Marie-Laure Ancelin, Catherine Helmer, Stephanie Debette, and Christophe Tzourio (Vol. 350, No. 8009, May 23, 2015, BMJ 2015;350:h2335, .pdf and HTML format).
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April 3, 2015
CAAR – Life and Living in Advanced Age: a Cohort Study in New Zealand – Te Puawaitanga O Nga Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu (LiLACS NZ) [University of Auckland, New Zealand] Report – April 3, 2015
“Hospital visits in advanced age Findings from LiLACS NZ,” (April 2015, .pdf format, 10p.).
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February 12, 2015
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – February 12, 2015
“Hospitalization for Total Hip Replacement Among Inpatients Aged 45 and Over: United States, 2000–2010,” by Monica L. Wolford, Kathleen Palso, and Anita Bercovitz (Data Brief No. 186, February 2015, .pdf and HTML format, p.).
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January 29, 2015
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – January 29, 2015
“Aiming for Fewer Hospital U-turns: The Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program,” by Cristina Boccuti and Giselle Casillas (January 2015, .pdf and HTML format, 10p.).
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January 14, 2015
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – January 14, 2015
“Hospitalizations for Patients Aged 85 and Over in the United States, 2000–2010,” by Shaleah Levant, Karishma Chari, and Carol J. DeFrances (Data Brief No. 182, January 2015, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
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December 17, 2014
CAAR – Centre for Health Service Economics and Organisation [Oxford, UK] Report – December 17, 2014
“Understanding emergency hospital admissions of older people,” by Raphael Wittenberg, Luke Sharpin, Barry McCormick and Jeremy Hurst (Report No. 6, December 2014, .pdf format, 75p.).
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November 12, 2014
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article – November 12, 2014
“Association Between the Medicare Hospice Benefit and Health Care Utilization and Costs for Patients With Poor-Prognosis Cancer,” by Ziad Obermeyer, Maggie Makar, Samer Abujaber, Francesca Dominici, Susan Block, and David M. Cutler (Vol. 312, No. 18, November 12, 2014, p. 1888-1896). Note: JAMA is currently providing free access to this article.
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October 15, 2014
CAAR – Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada Article – October 15, 2014
“Use of acute care hospital services by immigrant seniors in Ontario: A linkage study,” by Edward Ng, Claudia Sanmartin, Jack Tu and Doug Manuel (Health Reports, Vol. 25, No. 10, October 2014, .pdf and HTML format, p. 15-22).
www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2014010/article/14099/abstract-resultat-eng.htm
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September 3, 2014
CAAR – Alzheimer’s Australia Report – September 3, 2014
“Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital Setting: Issues and Strategies,” (Paper No. 40, June 2014, .pdf format, 22p.).
fightdementia.org.au/sites/default/files/Alzheimers_Australia_Numbered_Publication_40.PDF
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August 29, 2014
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – August 29, 2014
“Transition care for older people leaving hospital: 2005-06 to 2012-13,” (August 2014, .pdf format, 96p.).
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August 26, 2014
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – August 26, 2014
“Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Patients in Swiss Managed Care Plans: Prevalence, Determinants and Association with Hospitalization,” by Oliver Reich, Thomas Rosemann, Roland Rapold, Eva Blozik, and Oliver Senn (PLoS ONE 9(8): e105425. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105425, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0105425
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July 8, 2014
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – July 8, 2014
“Hospitalised injuries in older Australians: 2011-12,” (July 2014, .pdf format, 45p.).
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January 15, 2014
CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service Articles – January 15, 2014
A. “Medicare-Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries and Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations,” by Misha Segal, Eric Rollins, Kevin Hodges, and Michelle Roozeboom (Medicare and Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2014, .pdf format, 13p.).
www.cms.gov/mmrr/Briefs/B2014/MMRR2014-004-01-b01.html
B. “Impacts of Generic Competition and Benefit Management Practices on Spending for Prescription Drugs: Evidence from Medicare’s Part D Benefit,” by Steven Sheingold and Nguyen Xuan Nguyen (Medicare and Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2014, .pdf format, 15p.).
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January 14, 2014
CAAR – British Medical Journal Articles – January 14, 2014
A. “Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions,” by Kumar Dharmarajan, Angela F. Hsieh, Zhenqiu Lin, Hector Bueno, Joseph S. Ross, Leora I. Horwitz, Jose Augusto Barreto-Filho, Nancy Kim, Lisa G. Suter, Susannah M. Bernheim, Elizabeth E. Drye, and Harlan M. Krumholz (Vol. 348, No. 7940, January 11, 2014, BMJ 2013;347:f6571, .pdf and HTML format).
www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6571
B. “Effect of socioeconomic disparities on incidence of dementia among biracial older adults: prospective study,” by Kristine Yaffe, Cherie Falvey, Tamara B. Harris, Anne Newman, Suzanne Satterfield, Annemarie Koster, Hilsa Ayonayon, and Eleanor Simonsick (Vol. 348, No. 7940, January 11, 2014, BMJ 2013;347:f7051, .pdf and HTML format).
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December 18, 2013
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Report – December 18, 2013
“Hospital and Emergency Department Use by People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders: Final Report,” by Zhanlian Feng, Laurie Coots, Yevgeniya Kaganova, and Joshua Wiener (August 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 103p.).
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June 27, 2013
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – June 27, 2013
“Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11,” (June 2013, .pdf format, 92p.).
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