2001
Multicomponent Targeted Intervention to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients
Rizzo J, Bogardus S, Leo-Summers L, Williams C, Acampora D, Inouye S. Multicomponent Targeted Intervention to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients. Medical Care 2001, 39: 740-752. PMID: 11458138, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200107000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalized older personsOlder personsIntermediate riskRisk groupsHigh riskRisk factor intervention strategyCost-effective treatment optionHospitalized Older PatientsIntermediate-risk cohortPrevention of deliriumUsual hospital careIntermediate-risk groupOverall health care costsAcute confusional stateEffective treatment optionHigh-risk groupHealth care costsDelirium preventionPrevent DeliriumUsual careHospital daysOlder PatientsHospitalized patientsConfusional stateRisk cohort
1998
Health Care Utilization and Costs in a Medicare Population by Fall Status
Rizzo J, Friedkin R, Williams C, Nabors J, Acampora D, Tinetti M. Health Care Utilization and Costs in a Medicare Population by Fall Status. Medical Care 1998, 36: 1174-1188. PMID: 9708590, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199808000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccidental FallsAgedCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.ConnecticutFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Care CostsHealth Care SurveysHealth ServicesHealth StatusHumansInjury Severity ScoreLogistic ModelsLong-Term CareMaleMedicareMultivariate AnalysisRegistriesSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesConceptsHealth care costsCare costsOlder personsTotal health care costsEmergency room costsHealth care utilizationSeverity of fallsAnnual hospital costsHealth Care Financing AdministrationPublic health practitionersNoninjurious fallsNursing home costsInjurious fallsCare registriesCare utilizationHospital costsFall statusMedicare populationHome healthNursing homesFall frequencyRoom costsFall severitySame time periodHealth practitioners
1993
A predictive index for functional decline in hospitalized elderly medical patients
Inouye S, Wagner D, Acampora D, Horwitz R, Cooney L, Hurst L, Tinetti M. A predictive index for functional decline in hospitalized elderly medical patients. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1993, 8: 645-652. PMID: 8120679, DOI: 10.1007/bf02598279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesConnecticutFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHospital Bed Capacity, 500 and overHospitals, UniversityHumansLikelihood FunctionsMaleMultivariate AnalysisPrevalenceProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsRisk FactorsSingle-Blind MethodConceptsFunctional declineRisk factorsMedical patientsValidation cohortDevelopment cohortHospitalized elderly medical patientsIndependent baseline risk factorsLow social activity levelNumber of RFsPredictive indexBaseline risk factorsGeneral medical wardsProspective cohort studyGeneral medical patientsHigh-risk groupUniversity Teaching HospitalElderly medical patientsRisk stratification systemNursing home placementRate of deathSocial activity levelsComparable patientsCohort studyElderly patientsMedical wards