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
1997
Predictors of Recovery in Activities of Daily Living Among Disabled Older Persons Living in the Community
Gill T, Robison J, Tinetti M. Predictors of Recovery in Activities of Daily Living Among Disabled Older Persons Living in the Community. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1997, 12: 757-762. PMID: 9436895, PMCID: PMC1497202, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07161.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overDisabled PersonsFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHumansMaleMultivariate AnalysisSocioeconomic FactorsConceptsGood nutritional statusADL functionDisabled older personsNutritional statusADL recoveryDaily livingFolstein Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scoresOlder personsMini-Mental State Examination scoreMarkers of resiliencyProspective cohort studyPredictors of recoveryState Examination scoreIntact cognitive functionCohort studyMultivariable analysisMore ADLsMMSE scoresSelf-efficacy scoresHome assessmentBivariate analysisCognitive functionGeneral communityPhysical performanceADL