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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Outpatient Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Coupled with an Intervention to Increase Adherence to Recommendations by Reuben, David B., Frank, Janet C., Hirsch, Susan H., McGuigan, Kimberly A., Maly, Rose C.

“…BACKGROUND: Although comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been demonstrated to confer health benefits in some settings, its value in outpatient or…”
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The posterior cruciate ligament in total knee surgery. Save, sacrifice, or substitute? by Hirsch, H S, Lotke, P A, Morrison, L D

“…To determine the role of the posterior cruciate ligament in total knee arthroplasty, 242 consecutive primary total knee arthroplasties were included in 1 of 3…”
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Value of functional status as a predictor of mortality: results of a prospective study by Reuben, D B, Rubenstein, L V, Hirsch, S H, Hays, R D

“…To assess the value of functional status questions in predicting mortality, we conducted a 4-year prospective longitudinal follow-up study of functionally…”
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Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions for Nursing Home Residents: Who Discusses, Who Decides and What Is Decided? by Levin, Jennifer R., Wenger, Neil S., Ouslander, Joseph G., Zellman, Gail, Schnelle, John F., Buchanan, Joan L., Hirsch, Susan H., Reuben, David B.

“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether nursing home residents and their families reported discussions about life‐sustaining treatment with their physicians, the…”
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Primary Care of Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents: Approaches of Three Health Maintenance Organizations by Reuben, David B., Schnelle, John F., Buchanan, Joan L., Kington, Raynard S., Zellman, Gail L., Farley, Donna O., Hirsch, Susan H., Ouslander, Joseph G.

“…OBJECTIVE: To describe the innovative programs of three health maintenance organizations (HMOs) for providing primary care for long‐stay nursing home (NH)…”
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Improving patient quality of life with feedback to physicians about functional status by RUBENSTEIN, L. V, MCCOY, J. M, COPE, D. W, BARRETT, P. A, HIRSCH, S. H, MESSER, K. S, YOUNG, R. T

“…To improve functional status among primary care patients. 1) Computer-generated feedback to physicians about the patient's functional status, the patient's…”
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Physician implementation of and patient adherence to recommendations from comprehensive geriatric assessment by Reuben, D B, Maly, R C, Hirsch, S H, Frank, J C, Oakes, A M, Siu, A L, Hays, R D

“…The goals of this study were to develop and determine the feasibility of interventions designed to increase both primary care physician implementation of and…”
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Managing Geriatric Syndromes: What Geriatric Assessment Teams Recommend, What Primary Care Physicians Implement, What Patients Adhere To by Shah, P. Nina, Maly, Rose C., Frank, Janet C., Hirsch, Susan H., Reuben, David B.

“…OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the responses of primary care physicians and patients to recommendations from a commmunity‐based comprehensive geriatric assessment…”
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Refining the Categorization of Physical Functional Status: The Added Value of Combining Self-Reported and Performance-Based Measures by Reuben, David B., Seeman, Teresa E., Keeler, Emmett, Hayes, Risa P., Bowman, Lee, Sewall, Ase, Hirsch, Susan H., Wallace, Robert B., Guralnik, Jack M.

“…Background. When considered individually, self-reported functional status and performance-based functional status predict functional status decline and…”
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Temporal dynamics of pitch strength in regular-interval noises: effect of listening region and an auditory model by Wiegrebe, L, Hirsch, H S, Patterson, R D, Fastl, H

“…Recently, it was demonstrated that the pitch strength of a stimulus denoted "AABB" differed from rippled noise (RN) despite the fact that their long-term…”
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The critical shortage of geriatrics faculty by Reuben, D B, Bradley, T B, Zwanziger, J, Fink, A, Vivell, S, Hirsch, S H, Beck, J C

“…To estimate the adequacy of current and future supply of geriatrics faculty, we conducted a national survey to determine the current supply of geriatrics…”
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An In-Home Nurse-Administered Geriatric Assessment for Hypoalbuminemic Older Persons: Development and Preliminary Experience by Reuben, David B., Effros, Rita B., Hirsch, Susan H., Zhu, Xiaoming, Greendale, Gail A.

“…BACKGROUND: Although malnutrition in older persons is a common, potentially treatable condition, few data indicate that treatments for this disorder can be…”
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The Effect of a Weighted Vest on Perceived Health Status and Bone Density in Older Persons by Greendale, G A, Hirsch, S H, Hahn, T J

“…To assess the effect of an exercise intervention using a weighted vest on perceived health status and bone density in older persons, we enrolled 36 seniors in…”
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Determinants of Patient Adherence to Consultative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Recommendations by Frank, Janet C., Hirsch, Susan H., Chernoff, Jan, Wallace, Steven P., Abrahamse, Allan, Maly, Rose, Reuben, David B.

“…Background. In consultative models of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), lack of implementation of CGA recommendations is well documented and appears to…”
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Preventive Health Behaviors and Mammography Use among Urban Older Women by Gnanadesigan, Nallini, Hirsch, Susan H., Reuben, David B.

“…A cross-sectional survey of 610 low income women between the ages of 60 and 84 who attended community meal sites in Los Angeles was conducted to determine…”
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Acceptability of Mobile Mammography Among Community-Dwelling Older Women by Levin, Jennifer R., Hirsch, Susan H., Bastani, Roshan, Ganz, Patricia A., Lovett, Marci L., Reuben, David B.

“…OBJECTIVE: To test the acceptability of mobile mammography among community‐dwelling older women and to identify factors predictive of mobile mammography…”
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The Prevention for Elderly Persons (PEP) Program: a model of municipal and academic partnership to meet the needs of older persons for preventive services by Reuben, D B, Hirsch, S H, Frank, J C, Maly, R C, Schlesinger, M S, Weintraub, N, Yancey, S

“…To create a program to identify preventive needs for community-dwelling older persons and incorporate intervention strategies to improve implementation of…”
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Total joint replacement: a cost-effective procedure for the 1990s by Hirsch, H S

“…Total hip and knee replacement have been shown to be beneficial procedures not only by traditional clinical studies but by modern outcome measures as well. The…”
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Geriatrics faculty in the United States: who are they and what are they doing? by Reuben, D B, Bradley, T B, Zwanziger, J, Vivell, S, Fink, A, Hirsch, S H, Beck, J C

“…Despite increases in geriatrics training at all levels of medical education, there is a nationwide shortage of geriatrics faculty. This shortage may be due in…”
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Project Safety Net: A Health Screening Outreach and Assessment Program by Reuben, David B

“…Project Safety Net identifies low-income urban frail elderly and provides comprehensive geriatric assessment and referral. During 8-month period, 814 older…”
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