2017
Emergency Department Visits Without Hospitalization Are Associated With Functional Decline in Older Persons
Nagurney JM, Fleischman W, Han L, Leo-Summers L, Allore HG, Gill TM. Emergency Department Visits Without Hospitalization Are Associated With Functional Decline in Older Persons. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2017, 69: 426-433. PMID: 28069299, PMCID: PMC5365369, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-living older personsED visitsDisability scoresControl groupFunctional declineOlder personsBaseline disability scoresCourse of disabilityHigher disability scoresEmergency department visitsNursing home admissionAdjusted risk ratioAcute hospitalizationSecondary outcomesDepartment visitsHome admissionEmergency departmentMean ageFunctional statusRisk ratioHospitalizationUnmatched groupsNursing homesMeaningful declineRelevant covariates
2014
A dynamic trajectory class model for intensive longitudinal categorical outcome
Lin H, Han L, Peduzzi PN, Murphy TE, Gill TM, Allore HG. A dynamic trajectory class model for intensive longitudinal categorical outcome. Statistics In Medicine 2014, 33: 2645-2664. PMID: 24519416, PMCID: PMC4145078, DOI: 10.1002/sim.6109.Peer-Reviewed Original Research