CDHA CAAR

October 26, 2022

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 26, 2022

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Chemical and physical restraint use during acute care hospitalization of older adults: A retrospective cohort study and time series analysis,” by Aaron Jones, Zahra Goodarzi, Justin Lee, Richard Norman, Eric Wong, Monidipa Dasgupta, Barbara Liu, and Jennifer Watt (PLoS ONE 17(10): e0276504. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276504, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 14p.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276504

August 22, 2022

CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – August 22, 2022

Filed under: Working Papers — Tags: , , , , — admin @ 5:09 pm

Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.

A. “Where Have All the Workers Gone? Recalls, Retirements, and Reallocation in the COVID Recovery,” by Eliza Forsythe, Lisa B. Kahn, Fabian Lange & David G. Wiczer (w30387, August 2022, .pdf format, 38p.).

www.nber.org/papers/w30387

B. “Capacity Strain and Racial Disparities in Hospital Mortality,” by Manasvini Singh & Atheendar Venkataramani (w30380, August 2022, .pdf format, 48p.).

www.nber.org/papers/w30380

May 13, 2022

CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Reports – May 13, 2022

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 6:51 pm

A. “Adverse Events in Hospitals: A Quarter of Medicare Patients Experienced Harm in October 2018,” (OEI-06-18-00400, May 2022, .pdf format, 112p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-06-18-00400.asp

B. “National Background Check Program for Long-Term-Care Providers: An Interim Assessment,” (OEI-07-20-00181, May 2022, .pdf format, 28p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-07-20-00181.asp

April 6, 2022

CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – April 6, 2022

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 6:01 pm

Falls in older Australians 2019–20: hospitalisations and deaths among people aged 65 and over,” (April 2022, .pdf and HTML format).

www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/falls-in-older-australians-2019-20-hospitalisation/contents/about

September 2, 2021

CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – September 2, 2021

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 5:54 pm

Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized With COVID-19 Experienced a Wide Range of Serious, Complex Conditions,” (OEI-02-20-00410, August 2021, .pdf format, 28p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-02-20-00410.asp

June 10, 2021

CAAR – US Centers for Disease Control Article – June 10, 2021

Decreases in COVID-19 Cases, Emergency Department Visits, Hospital Admissions, and Deaths Among Older Adults Following the Introduction of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, September 6, 2020–May 1, 2021,” by Athalia Christie, S. Jane Henley, Linda Mattocks, Robyn Fernando, Amy Lansky, Farida B. Ahmad, Jennifer Adjemian, Robert N. Anderson, Alison M. Binder, Kelly Carey, Deborah L. Dee, Taylor Dias, William M. Duck, Denise M. Gaughan, Brianna Casey Lyons, A.D. McNaghten, Meeyoung M. Park, Hannah Reses, Loren Rodgers, Katharina Van Santen, David Walker, and Michael J. Beach (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 70, No. 23, June 11, 2021, .pdf and HTML format,
p. 858-864).

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7023e2.htm

May 6, 2021

CAAR – US Centers for Disease Control Articles – May 6, 2021

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , , — admin @ 5:42 pm

A. “Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Selected Nonfatal Injuries Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years — United States, 2018,” by Briana Moreland and Robin Lee (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 70, No. 18, May 7, 2021, HTML and .pdf format, p. 661-666).

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7018a1.htm

B. “Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines Against COVID-19 Among Hospitalized Adults Aged ≥65 Years — United States, January–March 2021,” by Mark W. Tenforde, Samantha M. Olson, Wesley H. Self, H. Keipp Talbot, Christopher J. Lindsell, Jay S. Steingrub, Nathan I. Shapiro, Adit A. Ginde, David J. Douin, Matthew E. Prekker, Samuel M. Brown, Ithan D. Peltan, Michelle N. Gong, Amira Mohamed, Akram Khan, Matthew C. Exline, D. Clark Files, MD11; Kevin W. Gibbs, William B. Stubblefield, Jonathan D. Casey, Todd W. Rice, Carlos G. Grijalva, David N. Hager, Arber Shehu, Nida Qadir, Steven Y. Chang, Jennifer G. Wilson, Manjusha Gaglani, Kempapura Murthy, Nicole Calhoun, Arnold S. Monto, Emily T. Martin, Anurag Malani, Richard K. Zimmerman, Fernanda P. Silveira, Donald B. Middleton, Yuwei Zhu, Dayna Wyatt; Meagan Stephenson, Adrienne Baughman; Kelsey N. Womack, Kimberly W. Hart; Miwako Kobayashi, Jennifer R. Verani, Manish M. Patel, MD1; IVY Network; HAIVEN Investigators (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 70, No. 18, May 7, 2021, HTML and .pdf format, p. 674-679).

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7018e1.htm

April 26, 2021

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – April 29, 2021

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Utility of hospitalization for elderly individuals affected by COVID-19,” by Giorgio Costantino, Monica Solbiati, Silvia Elli, Marco Paganuzzi, Didi Massabò, Nicola Montano, Marta Mancarella, Francesca Cortellaro, Emanuela Cataudella, Andrea Bellone, Nicolò Capsoni, Guido Bertolini, Giovanni Nattino, and Giovanni Casazza (PLoS ONE 16(4): e0250730. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250730, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 9p.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250730

April 9, 2021

CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Issue Brief – April 9, 2021

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Risk of COVID-19 Infections, Hospitalization, and Death in Fee-For-Service Medicare,” by Arielle Bosworth, Kenneth Finegold, Lok Wong Samson, Steven Sheingold, Wafa Tarazi, and Rachael Zuckerman (March 2021, .pdf format, 13p.).

aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/risk-of-covid-19-infections-hospitalizations-death

February 25, 2021

CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – February 25, 2021

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 7:15 pm

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.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-02-18-00380.asp

December 11, 2020

CAAR – Institute for Fiscal Studies [UK] Working Paper – December 11, 2020

Filed under: Working Papers — Tags: , — admin @ 5:51 pm

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:

www.ifs.org.uk/publications/15212

October 9, 2020

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 9, 2020

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 8:40 pm

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.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240229

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

June 2, 2020

CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – June 2, 2020

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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).

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2766633

 

March 12, 2020

CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstracts – March 12, 2020

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , , — admin @ 5:19 pm

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).

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2761427

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.).

www.nber.org/papers/w26623

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.).

www.nber.org/papers/w26621

C. “Contract Work at Older Ages,” by Katharine G. Abraham, Brad Hershbein, and Susan Houseman (w26612, January 2020, .pdf format, 34p.).

www.nber.org/papers/w26612

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.).

www.nber.org/papers/w26618

December 18, 2019

CAAR – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Article – December 18, 2019

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 5:30 pm

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).

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6849a2.htm

October 21, 2019

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 21, 2019

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 5:35 pm

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.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223717

September 26, 2019

CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – September 26, 2019

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 4:57 pm

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

September 20, 2019

CAAR – Institute for Fiscal Studies [UK] Working Paper – September 20, 2019

Filed under: Working Papers — Tags: , , — admin @ 6:53 pm

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:

www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14326

August 8, 2019

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – August 8, 2019

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 5:35 pm

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.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0220741

May 2, 2019

CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – May 2, 2019

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 4:25 pm

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.).

www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr124-508.pdf

October 22, 2018

CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – October 22, 2018

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 4:23 pm

Hip fracture incidence and hospitalisations in Australia 2015–16,” (October 2018, .pdf and Excel format, 50p.).

www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/hip-fracture-incidence-in-australia-2015-16/contents/table-of-contents

May 17, 2018

CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – May 17, 2018

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 4:59 pm

Trends in hospitalised injury due to falls in older people 2002–03 to 2014–15,” (May 2018, .pdf format, 58p.).

www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/hospitalised-falls-older-people-2002-03-to-2014-15/contents/table-of-contents

November 7, 2017

CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report, Factsheet – November 7, 2017

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 5:09 pm

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

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

September 20, 2017

CAAR – Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada Articles – September 20, 2017

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 5:06 pm

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

May 24, 2017

CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article – May 24, 2017

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , , — admin @ 5:14 pm

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).

March 17, 2017

CAAR – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Surveillance Summaries Article – March 17, 2017

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 5:27 pm

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).

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/ss/ss6609a1.htm

December 20, 2016

CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – December 20, 2016

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 5:01 pm

Vulnerabilities Remain Under Medicare’s 2-Midnight Hospital Policy,” (OEI-02-15-00020, December 2016, .pdf format, 33p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-15-00020.asp

November 9, 2016

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – November 9, 2016

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , , — admin @ 4:44 pm

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.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0166304

November 1, 2016

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – November 1, 2016

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 4:39 pm

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.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0165757

September 20, 2016

CAAR – Center for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) [Munich, Bavaria, Germany] Working Paper – September 20, 2016

Filed under: Working Papers — Tags: , — admin @ 12:35 pm

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

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).

December 30, 2015

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – December 30, 2015

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 4:40 pm

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.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0145372

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).

www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6246

December 8, 2015

CAAR – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief – December 8, 2015

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 5:03 pm

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.).

PDF:

www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb198-Hospital-Stays-Medicare-Advantage-Versus-Traditional-Medicare.pdf

HTML:

www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb198-Hospital-Stays-Medicare-Advantage-Versus-Traditional-Medicare.jsp

September 29, 2015

CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – September 29, 2015

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , — admin @ 4:54 pm

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.).

www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr084.pdf

September 3, 2015

CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – September 3, 2015

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 4:36 pm

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.).

www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db210.htm

July 30, 2015

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – July 30, 2015

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 4:35 pm

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.).

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0133789

July 28, 2015

CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstracts – July 28, 2015

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , , , — admin @ 5:04 pm

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

July 16, 2015

CAAR – Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion [London School of Economics, London, UK] Report – July 16, 2015

Filed under: Reports and Articles — Tags: , — admin @ 4:42 pm

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.).

sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cr/casereport91.pdf

June 5, 2015

CAAR – British Medical Journal Article – June 5, 2015

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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).

www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2538

May 26, 2015

CAAR – British Medical Journal Articles – May 26, 2015

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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).

www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2335

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

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Hospital visits in advanced age Findings from LiLACS NZ,” (April 2015, .pdf format, 10p.).

www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/assets/fmhs/faculty/lilacs/docs/Hospital%20visits%20in%20advanced%20age%20Findings%20from%20LiLACS%20NZ.pdf

February 12, 2015

CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – February 12, 2015

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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.).

www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db186.htm

January 29, 2015

CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – January 29, 2015

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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.).

kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/aiming-for-fewer-hospital-u-turns-the-medicare-hospital-readmission-reduction-program/

January 14, 2015

CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – January 14, 2015

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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.).

www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db182.htm

December 17, 2014

CAAR – Centre for Health Service Economics and Organisation [Oxford, UK] Report – December 17, 2014

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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.).

chseo.org.uk/downloads/report6-emergencyadmissions.pdf

November 12, 2014

CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article – November 12, 2014

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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.

jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1930818

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