Screening Mammography: Is It Suitably Targeted to Older Women Who are Most Likely to Benefit?
Scinto J, Gill T, Grady J, Holmboe E. Screening Mammography: Is It Suitably Targeted to Older Women Who are Most Likely to Benefit? Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2001, 49: 1101-1104. PMID: 11555074, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49216.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder womenPrognostic groupsPrognostic stageMammography useCommunity-dwelling older womenFavorable prognostic groupFive-year mortalityProspective cohort studyWorst prognostic groupMammography use ratesCause mortalityCohort studyElderly ProgramEpidemiologic studiesNew Haven CountyMedicare Part BScreening mammographyWomenMortalityMortality indexMammographyUse ratesNew HavenMammogramsPart BQuality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers
Lyder C, Preston J, Grady J, Scinto J, Allman R, Bergstrom N, Rodeheaver G. Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers. JAMA Internal Medicine 2001, 161: 1549-1554. PMID: 11427104, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.12.1549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge DistributionAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleGuideline AdherenceHospital UnitsHumansIncidenceLength of StayMaleMedicarePressure UlcerProcess Assessment, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSex DistributionUnited StatesConceptsProcess of careDaily skin assessmentPressure ulcersPressure ulcer predictionNutritional consultationSkin assessmentMedicare patientsPressure-reducing devicesUS hospitalsMulticenter retrospective cohort studyStage 1 pressure ulcersState's peer review organizationKaplan-Meier survival analysisNutritional risk factorsRetrospective cohort studyCongestive heart failureMedical record abstractionAcute care hospitalsPressure ulcer developmentQuality of careCohort studyCare hospitalHeart failureRecord abstractionPeer review organizations