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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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26 to 30 of 30 Research Studies DisplayedBuys DR, Roth DL, Ritchie CS
Nutritional risk and body mass index predict hospitalization, nursing home admissions, and mortality in community-dwelling older adults: results from the UAB Study of Aging with 8.5 years of follow-up.
This study finds that nutritional risk was prospectively associated with all-cause and nonsurgical hospitalizations and with nursing home admission and mortality in unadjusted models. After adjusting for other risk factors, the association between high nutritional risk and all-cause and nonsurgical hospitalizations remained significant.
AHRQ-funded; HS013852
Citation: Buys DR, Roth DL, Ritchie CS .
Nutritional risk and body mass index predict hospitalization, nursing home admissions, and mortality in community-dwelling older adults: results from the UAB Study of Aging with 8.5 years of follow-up.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Sep;69(9):1146-53. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glu024..
Keywords: Nutrition, Hospitalization, Elderly, Long-Term Care, Mortality
Aparasu RR, Chatterjee S, Chen H
Risk of hospitalization and use of first- versus second-generation antipsychotics among nursing home residents.
This study examined the risk of all-cause hospitalization among dual-eligible elderly nursing home residents who were using antipsychotic medications and found that, on average, there was a 58 percent increase in hospitalization risk after 20 days of using a first-generation drug.
AHRQ-funded; HS016920
Citation: Aparasu RR, Chatterjee S, Chen H .
Risk of hospitalization and use of first- versus second-generation antipsychotics among nursing home residents.
Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Jun;65(6):781-8. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300093..
Keywords: Long-Term Care, Medication, Hospitalization, Elderly, Risk
Olsho LE, Spector WD, Williams CS
AHRQ Author: Spector WD
Evaluation of AHRQ's on-time pressure ulcer prevention program: a facilitator-assisted clinical decision support intervention for nursing homes.
The researchers evaluated the effectiveness of the On-Time Quality Improvement for Long Term Care (On-Time) program in reducing the rate of in-house-acquired pressure ulcers among nursing home residents. They found that On-Time implementation is associated with sizable reductions in pressure ulcer incidence.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 290200600011I.
Citation: Olsho LE, Spector WD, Williams CS .
Evaluation of AHRQ's on-time pressure ulcer prevention program: a facilitator-assisted clinical decision support intervention for nursing homes.
Med Care 2014 Mar;52(3):258-66. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000080.
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Keywords: Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Long-Term Care, Nursing Homes, Pressure Ulcers, Prevention
Thomas KS
The relationship between Older Americans Act in-home services and low-care residents in nursing homes.
This study examining the relationship between the proportion of older adults in a State who receive in-home services funded by the Older Americans Act and the proportion of residents in nursing homes finds that for every additional 1 percent of the 65+ population that receives personal care services, there is a 0.8% decrease in the proportion of low-care residents in nursing homes.
AHRQ-funded; HS00011
Citation: Thomas KS .
The relationship between Older Americans Act in-home services and low-care residents in nursing homes.
J Aging Health. 2014 Mar;26(2):250-60. doi: 10.1177/0898264313513611..
Keywords: Elderly, Long-Term Care, Home Healthcare, Nursing Homes, Healthcare Delivery
Spector WD
AHRQ Author: Spector WD
Response to letter to the editor regarding the paper "potentially avoidable hospitalization for elderly long-stay residents in nursing homes".
The author argues against the strategy than is implied by Dr. Powers’ letter to the editor. Rather than adding one aspect of care organization at a time to administrative data, he states that we should identify a small set of easily collected measures that generally modify the effects of care organization innovations. With these in place, we can then add measures like consistent assignment to better understand how it improves clinical outcomes.
AHRQ-authored
Citation: Spector WD .
Response to letter to the editor regarding the paper "potentially avoidable hospitalization for elderly long-stay residents in nursing homes".
Med Care 2014 Jan;52(1):93-4. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000072..
Keywords: Hospitalization, Elderly, Outcomes, Long-Term Care, Nursing Homes