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Unmet Needs of Caregivers of Individuals Referred to a Dementia Care Program by Jennings, Lee A., Reuben, David B., Evertson, Leslie Chang, Serrano, Katherine S., Ercoli, Linda, Grill, Joshua, Chodosh, Joshua, Tan, Zaldy, Wenger, Neil S.

“…Objectives To characterize caregiver strain, depressive symptoms, and self‐efficacy for managing dementia‐related problems and the relationship between these…”
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The University of California at Los Angeles Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program for Comprehensive, Coordinated, Patient-Centered Care: Preliminary Data by Reuben, David B., Evertson, Leslie C., Wenger, Neil S., Serrano, Katherine, Chodosh, Joshua, Ercoli, Linda, Tan, Zaldy S.

“…Dementia is a chronic disease that requires medical and social services to provide high‐quality care and prevent complications. As a result of time constraints…”
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The Vulnerable Elders-13 Survey Predicts 5-Year Functional Decline and Mortality Outcomes in Older Ambulatory Care Patients by Min, Lillian, Yoon, William, Mariano, Jeff, Wenger, Neil S., Elliott, Marc N., Kamberg, Caren, Saliba, Debra

“…OBJECTIVES: To test the predictive properties of the Vulnerable Elders‐13 Survey (VES‐13) a short tool that predicts functional decline and mortality over a 1‐…”
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Determinants of Medical Expenditures in the Last 6 Months of Life by KELLEY, Amy S, ETTNER, Susan L, MORRISON, R. Sean, QINGLING DU, WENGER, Neil S, SARKISIAN, Catherine A

“…End-of-life medical expenditures exceed costs of care during other years, vary across regions, and are likely to be unsustainable. Identifying determinants of…”
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Quality of Care Provided by a Comprehensive Dementia Care Comanagement Program by Jennings, Lee A., Tan, Zaldy, Wenger, Neil S., Cook, Erin A., Han, Weijuan, McCreath, Heather E., Serrano, Katherine S., Roth, Carol P., Reuben, David B.

“…Multiple studies have shown that quality of care for dementia in primary care is poor, with physician adherence to dementia quality indicators (QIs) ranging…”
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Appropriateness of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Ordering Before and After Implementation of Clinical Decision Support Systems by Hussey, Peter S, Timbie, Justin W, Burgette, Lane F, Wenger, Neil S, Nyweide, David J, Kahn, Katherine L

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Palliative Care and End-Stage Liver Disease by Walling, Anne M., MD, PhD, Wenger, Neil S., MD, MPH

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Evidence-Based Recommendations for Information and Care Planning in Cancer Care by Walling, Anne, Lorenz, Karl A, Dy, Sydney M, Naeim, Arash, Sanati, Homayoon, Asch, Steven M, Wenger, Neil S

“…The practice of oncology is characterized by challenging communication tasks that make it difficult to ensure optimal physician-patient information sharing and…”
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The Vulnerable Elders Survey: A Tool for Identifying Vulnerable Older People in the Community by Saliba, Debra, Elliott, Marc, Rubenstein, Laurence Z., Solomon, David H., Young, Roy T., Kamberg, Caren J., Carol Roth, RN, MacLean, Catherine H., Shekelle, Paul G., Sloss, Elizabeth M., Wenger, Neil S.

“…OBJECTIVES: To develop a simple method for identifying community‐dwelling vulnerable older people, defined as persons age 65 and older at increased risk of…”
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The quality of medical Care provided to Vulnerable community-dwelling older Patients by WENGER, Neil S, SOLOMON, David H, ADAMS, John, CHANG, John T, VENUS, Patricia J, SCHNELLE, John F, SHEKELLE, Paul G, ROTH, Carol P, MACLEAN, Catherine H, SALIBA, Debra, KAMBERG, Caren J, RUBENSTEIN, Laurence Z, YOUNG, Roy T, SLOSS, Elizabeth M, LOUIE, Rachel

“…Many people 65 years of age and older are at risk for functional decline and death. However, the resource-intensive medical care provided to this group has…”
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Physical Activity Behavior of Patients at a Skilled Nursing Facility: Longitudinal Cohort Study by Ramezani, Ramin, Zhang, Wenhao, Roberts, Pamela, Shen, John, Elashoff, David, Xie, Zhuoer, Stanton, Annette, Eslami, Michelle, Wenger, Neil S, Trent, Jacqueline, Petruse, Antonia, Weldon, Amelia, Ascencio, Andy, Sarrafzadeh, Majid, Naeim, Arash

“…On-body wearable sensors have been used to predict adverse outcomes such as hospitalizations or fall, thereby enabling clinicians to develop better…”
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Higher Vulnerable Elders Survey Scores Predict Death and Functional Decline in Vulnerable Older People by Min, Lillian C., Elliott, Marc N., Wenger, Neil S., Saliba, Debra

“…OBJECTIVES: To examine whether the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES‐13) score predicts risk of death and functional decline in vulnerable older adults. DESIGN:…”
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Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders-Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study of a Practice Redesign Intervention to Improve the Quality of Dementia Care by Reuben, David B., Roth, Carol P., Frank, Janet C., Hirsch, Susan H., Katz, Diane, McCreath, Heather, Younger, Jon, Murawski, Marta, Edgerly, Elizabeth, Maher, Joanne, Maslow, Katie, Wenger, Neil S.

“…OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a practice redesign intervention coupled with referral to local Alzheimer's Association chapters can improve the quality of…”
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The quality of pharmacologic care for vulnerable older patients by HIGASHI, Takahiro, SHEKELLE, Paul G, REUBEN, David B, AVORN, Jerry, WENGER, Neil S, SOLOMON, David H, KNIGHT, Eric L, ROTH, Carol, CHANG, John T, KAMBERG, Caren J, MACLEAN, Catherine H, YOUNG, Roy T, ADAMS, John

“…Although pharmacotherapy is critical to the medical care of older patients, medications can have considerable toxicity in this age group. To date, research has…”
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Which Providers Should Communicate Which Critical Information About a New Medication? Patient, Pharmacist, and Physician Perspectives by Tarn, Derjung M., Paterniti, Debora A., Williams, Bradley R., Cipri, Camille S., Wenger, Neil S.

“…OBJECTIVES: To investigate older patient, pharmacist, and physician perspectives about what information is essential to impart to patients receiving new…”
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Older patient, physician and pharmacist perspectives about community pharmacists' roles by Tarn, Derjung M., Paterniti, Debora A., Wenger, Neil S., Williams, Bradley R., Chewning, Betty A.

“…Objectives  To investigate older patient, physician and pharmacist perspectives about the role of pharmacists in pharmacist‐patient interactions. Methods …”
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Determinants of Death in the Hospital Among Older Adults by Kelley, Amy S., Ettner, Susan L., Wenger, Neil S., Sarkisian, Catherine A.

“…Objectives To investigate patient‐level determinants of in‐hospital death, adjusting for patient and regional characteristics. Design Using multivariable…”
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Differences in Nursing Home Quality Between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Patients by Chang, Emiley, MD, MPH, Ruder, Teague, MA, Setodji, Claude, PhD, Saliba, Debra, MD, MPH, Hanson, Mark, PhD, Zingmond, David S., MD, PhD, Wenger, Neil S., MD, MPH, Ganz, David A., MD, PhD

“…Abstract Background Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment is steadily growing, but little is known about the quality of nursing home (NH) care provided to MA…”
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Factors Associated with Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) After Diagnosis of Symptomatic COVID-19 in the Inpatient and Outpatient Setting in a Diverse Cohort by Yoo, Sun M., Liu, Teresa C., Motwani, Yash, Sim, Myung S., Viswanathan, Nisha, Samras, Nathan, Hsu, Felicia, Wenger, Neil S.

“…ABSTRACT Background The incidence of persistent clinical symptoms and risk factors in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) in diverse US cohorts is…”
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Small Solutions for Primary Care Are Part of a Larger Problem by Tarn, Derjung Mimi, Wenger, Neil S, Stange, Kurt C

“…Tarn et al argue that small solutions for primary care are part of a larger problem as of 2022. Over the past 4 decades, many efforts have sought to improve…”
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