2022
The Contribution of Chronic Conditions to Hospitalization, Skilled Nursing Facility Admission, and Death: Variation by Race
Quiñones AR, McAvay GJ, Peak KD, Vander Wyk B, Allore HG. The Contribution of Chronic Conditions to Hospitalization, Skilled Nursing Facility Admission, and Death: Variation by Race. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2022, 191: 2014-2025. PMID: 35932162, PMCID: PMC10144669, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facility admissionsNursing facility admissionsChronic conditionsFacility admissionMedicare beneficiariesCostly health care utilizationHealth care utilizationRacial differencesNon-Hispanic blacksWhite Medicare beneficiariesAverage attributable fractionHealth-related outcomesImportant health-related outcomesNon-Hispanic White older adultsWhite older adultsAging Trends StudyMultimorbidity burdenRenal morbidityOngoing careAttributable fractionNational HealthCardiovascular conditionsOlder adultsImportant markerHospitalization
2020
Individual Heterogeneity in the Probability of Hospitalization, Skilled Nursing Facility Admission, and Mortality
McAvay GJ, Vander Wyk B, Allore H. Individual Heterogeneity in the Probability of Hospitalization, Skilled Nursing Facility Admission, and Mortality. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2020, 76: 1668-1677. PMID: 33320184, PMCID: PMC8361334, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glaa314.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facility admissionsNursing facility admissionsChronic kidney diseaseHeart failureFacility admissionKidney diseaseChronic conditionsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseIschemic heart diseaseHealth care utilizationProbability of hospitalizationPulmonary diseaseCare utilizationMortality outcomesPoor outcomeHeart diseaseNational HealthOdds ratioDisease combinationsLongitudinal cohortSociodemographic factorsMedicaid ServicesDiseaseAging Study
2019
Chronic Conditions, Medically Supportive Care Partners, And Functional Disability Among Cognitively Impaired Adults
Van Ness PH, Vroomen J, Leo-Summers L, Vander Wyk B, Allore HG. Chronic Conditions, Medically Supportive Care Partners, And Functional Disability Among Cognitively Impaired Adults. Innovation In Aging 2019, 3: igz018. PMID: 31286072, PMCID: PMC6604743, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igz018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseFunctional disabilityChronic conditionsCare partnersKidney diseaseCognitive impairmentAging Trends Study dataPotential effect modificationMultimorbid older adultsMedicaid Services dataComplex survey designHeart failurePrescribed medicationsProspective studyEffect modificationNational HealthDoctor visitsMedicare claimsDaily livingMedicare beneficiariesRepresentative cohortSociodemographic informationImpaired adultsCare recipientsOlder adults