Recent Articles and Publications
Past Two Years

Susan Allen

Allen SM, Wieland S, Gozalo P, Griffin J.  The importance of health care provider continuity to the receipt of preventive services in an adult Medicaid population with physical disabilities.  Journal of Disability and Health, in press.

Plow MA, Resnik L, Allen SM. Exploring physical activity behaviour of persons with multiple sclerosis: a qualitative pilot study.Disabil Rehabil. 2009 May 21:1-14. (Epub ahead of publication)

Miller EA, Allen SM, Mor V.Commentary: navigating the labyrinth of long-term care: shoring up informal caregiving in a home- and community-based world. J Aging Soc Policy. 2009;21(1):1-16.

Lima JC, Allen SM, Goldscheider F, Intrator O. Spousal caregiving in late midlife versus older ages: implications of work and family obligations. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2008 Jul;63(4):S229-S238.

Resnik, L, Allen SM, Isenstadt D, Wasserman M, Iezzoni L, Perspectives on Use of Mobility Aids in a Diverse Population of Seniors: Implications for Intervention, Disability and Health, 2009; 2, (2):77-85

Duffy C, Allen S. Medical and psychosocial aspects of fertility after cancer. Cancer J. 2009 Jan-Feb;15(1):27-33.

Lima J, Allen SM, The Availability of Care for People with Chronic Conditions in Late Middle Age. Youngstown, New York: Cambria Press, 2008

Resnik LJ, Allen SM.Using International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to understand challenges in community reintegration of injured veterans. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2007;44(7):991-1006.

 

Richard Besdine

Maggi S, Siviero P, Wetle T, Besdine RW, Saugo M, Crepaldi G; A multicenter survey on profile of care for hip fracture: predictors of mortality and disability. For the Hip Fracture Study Group. Osteoporos Int. 2009 May 5.

Shield RR, Wetle TF, Besdine RW. Preparing for the silver tsunami: the integration of geriatrics into the new medical curriculum at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Med Health R I. 2008 Aug;91(8):247-9. No abstract available.

Gravenstein S, Besdine RW. From Occam's razor to multimorbidity: geriatrics comes of age. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2008 Jun;20(3):179-80.

Besdine RW, Wu D. Aging of the human nervous system: what do we know? Med Health R I. 2008 May;91(5):129-31. Review. No abstract available.

Wenger NS, Solomon DH, Amin A, Besdine RK, Blazer DG, Cohen H, Fulmer T, Ganz PA, Grunwald M, Hall WJ, Katz PR, Kitzman DW, Leipzig RM, Rosenthal RA; ACOVE-3 Clinical Committee. Application of assessing care of vulnerable elders-3 quality indicators to patients with advanced dementia and poor prognosis.J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Oct;55 Suppl 2:S457-63.

McNicoll L, Besdine RW. The future of delirium research: promising but still room for improvement. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2007 Jun;19(3):169-71. No abstract available.

Tuya AC, Besdine RW. Using the comprehensive clinical approach to older patients. Med Health R I. 2007 Jan;90(1):27-8. No abstract available.

Melissa Clark

Pasick, R., Burke, N., Barker, J., Joseph, G., Bird, J., Otero-Sabogal, R., Nuason, N., Stewart, S., Rakowski, W., Clark, M., Washington, P., and Guerra, C. Behavioral Theory in a Diverse Society: Like a Compass on Mars.  Health Education and Behavior, in press.

Burke, N., Bird, J., Clark, M., Rakowski, W., Guerra, C., Barker, J., and Pasick, R. Social and Cultural Meaning of Self-Efficacy.  Health Education and Behavior, in press.

Clough-Gorr, K.M., Rakowski, W., Clark, M., Silliman, R.A.  The Getting-Out-of-Bed (GoB) Measure of Motivation and Life Outlook in Older Adults: Development and Initial Psychometric Evaluation in a Sample of Older Breast Cancer Survivors.  Journal of Psycho-Oncology, in press

Merchant RC, Clark MA, Langan TJ, Seage III GR, Mayer KH, and DeGruttola VG. Effectiveness of increasing emergency department patients’ self-perceived risk for being HIV infected through audio-computer self-interview (ACASI)-based feedback about reported HIV risk behaviors. Academic Emergency Medicine, in press.

Miller, E.A., Mor, V., Clark, M.A.  Reforming Long-Term Care in the United States: Findings from a National Survey of Specialists.  The Gerontologist, in press.

Merchant RC, Catanzaro BM, Seage GR 3rd, Mayer KH, Clark MA, Degruttola VG, Becker BM. Demographic variations in HIV testing history among emergency department patients: implications for HIV screening in US emergency departments. J Med Screen. 2009;16(2):60-6.

Kahler CW, Daughters SB, Leventhal AM, Rogers ML, Clark MA, Colby SM, Boergers J, Ramsey SE, Abrams DB, Niaura R, Buka SL. Personality, psychiatric disorders, and smoking in middle-aged adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Jul;11(7):833-41. Epub 2009 May 26.
 
Rakowski W, Clark MA, Rogers ML, Weitzen S. Investigating reversals of association for utilization of recent mammography among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black women. Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Clark MA, Rogers ML, Armstrong GF, Rakowski W, Bowen DJ, Hughes T, McGarry KA. Comprehensive cancer screening among unmarried women aged 40-75 years: results from the cancer screening project for women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Apr;18(4):451-9.

Clark SA, Quod MJ, Clark MA, Martin DT, Saunders PU, Gore CJ. Time course of haemoglobin mass during 21 days live high:train low simulated altitude. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2009 Jun;106(3):399-406. Epub 2009 Mar 18.


Clark MA, Fox MK. Nutritional quality of the diets of US public school children and the role of the school meal programs. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Feb;109(2 Suppl):S44-56.

Gordon AR, Crepinsek MK, Briefel RR, Clark MA, Fox MK. The third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study: summary and implications. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Feb;109(2 Suppl):S129-35. No abstract available.

Merchant RC, Clark MA, Seage GR 3rd, Mayer KH, Degruttola VG, Becker BM. Emergency department patient perceptions and preferences on opt-in rapid HIV screening program components. AIDS Care. 2009 Apr;21(4):490-500.

Politi MC, Clark MA, Armstrong G, McGarry KA, Sciamanna CN. Patient-provider communication about sexual health among unmarried middle-aged and older women.


J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Apr;24(4):511-6. Epub 2009 Feb 14.
Eide MJ, Weinstock MA, Clark MA. Demographic and socioeconomic predictors of melanoma prognosis in the United States. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009 Feb;20(1):227-45.

Frick KD, Clark MA, Steinwachs DM, Langenberg P, Stovall D, Munro MG, Dickersin K; STOP-DUB Research Group. Financial and quality-of-life burden of dysfunctional uterine bleeding among women agreeing to obtain surgical treatment. Womens Health Issues. 2009 Jan-Feb;19(1):70-8.

Merchant RC, Seage GR, Mayer KH, Clark MA, DeGruttola VG, Becker BM. Emergency department patient acceptance of opt-in, universal, rapid HIV screening. Public Health Rep. 2008 Nov-Dec;123 Suppl 3:27-40.

Gilman SE, Rende R, Boergers J, Abrams DB, Buka SL, Clark MA, Colby SM, Hitsman B, Kazura AN, Lipsitt LP, Lloyd-Richardson EE, Rogers ML, Stanton CA, Stroud LR, Niaura RS. Parental smoking and adolescent smoking initiation: an intergenerational perspective on tobacco control. Pediatrics. 2009 Feb;123(2):e274-81.

Merchant RC, Clark MA, Mayer KH, Seage Iii GR, DeGruttola VG, Becker BM. Video as an effective method to deliver pretest information for rapid human immunodeficiency testing. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Feb;16(2):124-35. Epub 2008 Dec 18.

Merchant RC, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM, Clark MA. Negative opinions about cancer screening and contraceptive measures by female emergency department patients. J Prim Prev. 2008 Nov;29(6):517-33. Epub 2008 Nov 15.

Eide MJ, Weinstock MA, Clark MA. The association of physician-specialty density and melanoma prognosis in the United States, 1988 to 1993.J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009 Jan;60(1):51-8. Epub 2008 Oct 19.

Liu SY, Clark MA. Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among disabled women aged 40-75: does quality of the experience matter? J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Oct;17(8):1321-9.

Politi MC, Clark MA, Rogers ML, McGarry K, Sciamanna CN. Patient-provider communication and cancer screening among unmarried women. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Nov;73(2):251-5.

Matteson KA, Boardman LA, Munro MG, Clark MA. Abnormal uterine bleeding: a review of patient-based outcome measures. Fertil Steril. 2008 Jul 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Sung VW, Kauffman N, Raker CA, Myers DL, Clark MA. Validation of decision-making outcomes for female pelvic floor disorders. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 May;198(5):575.e1-6. Epub 2008 Mar 7.

Clark MA, Rogers ML, Armstrong GF, Rakowski W, Kviz FJ. Differential response effects of data collection mode in a cancer screening study of unmarried women ages 40-75 years: a randomized trial. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Feb 29;8:10.

Clark MA, Neighbors CJ, Wasserman MR, Armstrong GF, Drnach ML, Howie SL, Hawthorne TL. Strategies and cost of recruitment of middle-aged and older unmarried women in a cancer screening study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Dec;16(12):2605-14.

Sung VW, Rogers ML, Myers DL, Akbari HM, Clark MA.National trends and costs of surgical treatment for female fecal incontinence. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Dec;197(6):652.e1-5.

Merchant RC, Casadei K, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM, Clark MA. Patients' emergency contraception comprehension, usage, and view of the emergency department role for emergency contraception.J Emerg Med. 2007 Nov;33(4):367-75. Epub 2007 Jul 5.

Kahler CW, Strong DR, Papandonatos GD, Colby SM, Clark MA, Boergers J, Niaura R, Abrams DB, Buka SL. Cigarette smoking and the lifetime alcohol involvement continuum. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Jan 11;93(1-2):111-20. Epub 2007 Oct 25.

Merchant RC, McGregor AJ, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM, Clark MA. Women's preventive health service preferences in the Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Department. Med Health R I. 2007 Aug;90(8):235-7. No abstract available.

Goldman, R.E., Kingdon, C., Wasser, J., Clark, M.A., Goldberg, R., Papandonatos, G.D., Hawrot, E., and Koren, G. (2008). Rhode Islanders’ Attitudes toward the Development of a State-Wide Genetic Biobank. Personalized Medicine, 5(4): 339-359.

David Dosa

Hyer K,  Brown LM, Thomas K, Dosa D,  Bond J, Polivka-West L, Schinka J.  Improving relations between emergency management offices and nursing homes during hurricane related disasters. Journal of Emergency Management, in press.

Blanchard G, Dosa DM A Comparison of the Nursing Home Evacuation Experience  between Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Gustav (2008) J Am Med Dir Assoc, in press.

Dosa DM, Dore DD, Mor V, Teno JM. Frequency of Long-Acting Opioid Analgesic Initiation in Opioid-Naïve Nursing Home Residents. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Teno JM, Dosa D, Rochon T, Casey V, Mor V. Development of a brief survey to measure nursing home residents' perceptions of pain management.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Dec;36(6):572-83. Epub 2008 Jun 17.

Dosa DM, Hyer K, Brown LM, Artenstein AW, Polivka-West L, Mor V. The controversy inherent in managing frail nursing home residents during complex hurricane emergencies. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2008 Oct;9(8):599-604. Epub 2008 Sep 7.

Teno JM, Dosa D, Rochon T, Casey V, Mor V. Development of a brief survey to measure nursing home residents' perceptions of pain management. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Dec;36(6):572-83. Epub 2008 Jun 17.

Farrell TW, Dosa D.The assessment and management of hypoactive delirium. Med Health R I. 2007 Dec;90(12):393-5. No abstract available.

Dosa D, McNicoll L.Infections in the nursing home: a primer for the practicing physician. Med Health R I. 2007 Jul;90(7):211-2, 216-7. No abstract available.

Dosa DM. A day in the life of Oscar the cat. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 26;357(4):328-9. No abstract available.

Dosa D, Intrator O, McNicoll L, Cang Y, Teno J .Preliminary derivation of a Nursing Home Confusion Assessment Method based on data from the Minimum Data Set. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Jul;55(7):1099-105.

Dosa DM, Grossman N, Wetle T, Mor V. To evacuate or not to evacuate: lessons learned from Louisiana nursing home administrators following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007 Mar;8(3):142-9.

Mary Fennell

Fennell, ML, Clauser, S, O’Brien D, Johnson M, Beveridge J, Kaluzny A,“A New Approach to Improving Clinical Research and Cancer Care Delivery in Community Settings:  Evaluating the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program.  Implementation Science - In review. 

Fennell ML, Davis S. Developing a Consumer Choice Structure in Networked Cultural Systems.  Consumption, Markets and Culture In review.

Fennell ML, Leicht KT, “Institutionalism and the Professions,” In The Sage Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism, edited by Greenwood R, Oliver C, Suddaby R, Sahlin K.  London:  Sage Publications. 2008, pp. 431-448.

Fennell ML, Leicht, KT.  Who staffs the US leaning tower?  Organizational Change and Diversity.  Equal Opportunities International, 2008, Vol 27, No. 1:88-106

Smith LM, Lapane KL, Fennell ML, Miller EA, Mor V. Home Health Agency profit orientation and risk for hospitalization: a propensity score analysis of population weighted data. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2008;27(3):240-57.

Smith DB, Feng Z, Fennell ML, Zinn J, Mor V. Racial disparities in access to long-term care: the illusive pursuit of equity. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2008 Oct;33(5):861-81.

Fennell ML. The new medical technologies and the organizations of medical science and treatment. Health Serv Res. 2008 Feb;43(1 Pt 1):1-9. No abstract available.

Smith DB, Feng Z, Fennell ML, Zinn JS, Mor V. Separate and unequal: racial segregation and disparities in quality across U.S. nursing homes. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Sep-Oct;26(5):1448-58. Erratum in: Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Nov-Dec;26(6):1794.

Fennell ML, Campbell SE. The regulatory environment and rural hospital long-term care strategies from 1997 to 2003. J Rural Health. 2007 Winter;23(1):1-9.

Benjamin AE, Fennell ML. Putting the consumer first: an introduction and overview. Health Serv Res. 2007 Feb;42(1 Pt 2):353-61. No abstract available.

Zhanlian Feng

Fullerton CA, McGuire TG, Feng Z, Mor V, Grabowski DC, Trends in mental health admissions to nursing homes, 1999-2005. Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Jul;60(7):965-71.

Grabowski DC, Aschbrenner KA, Feng Z, Mor V, Mental illness in nursing homes: variations across States. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun;28(3):689-700.

Feng Z, Care of older people in China. BMJ. 2009 Apr 9;338:b601. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b601. No abstract available.

Feng Z, Hirdes JP, Smith TF, Finne-Soveri H, Chi I, Du Pasquier JN, Gilgen R, Ikegami N, Mor V, Use of physical restraints and antipsychotic medications in nursing homes: a cross-national study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Zinn J, Mor V, Feng Z, Intrator O. Determinants of performance failure in the nursing home industry. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Jan 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Smith DB, Feng Z, Fennell ML, Zinn J, Mor V. Racial disparities in access to long-term care: the illusive pursuit of equity. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2008 Oct;33(5):861-81.

Gruneir A, Miller SC, Feng Z, Intrator O, Mor V. Relationship between state medicaid policies, nursing home racial composition, and the risk of hospitalization for black and white residents. Health Serv Res. 2008 Jun;43(3):869-81.

Grabowski DC, Zhanlian Feng, Mor V. Medicaid nursing home payment and the role of provider taxes. Med Care Res Rev. 2008 Aug;65(4):514-27. Epub 2008 Mar 27.

Zinn J, Feng Z, Mor V, Intrator O, Grabowski D. Restructuring in response to case mix reimbursement in nursing homes: a contingency approach.Health Care Manage Rev. 2008 Apr-Jun;33(2):113-23.

Teno JM, Feng Z, Mitchell SL, Kuo S, Intrator O, Mor V. Do financial incentives of introducing case mix reimbursement increase feeding tube use in nursing home residents?J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 May;56(5):887-90. Epub 2008 Mar 5.

Feng Z, Grabowski DC, Intrator O, Zinn J, Mor V. Medicaid payment rates, case-mix reimbursement, and nursing home staffing--1996-2004.Med Care. 2008 Jan;46(1):33-40.

Mor V, Zinn J, Gozalo P, Feng Z, Intrator O, Grabowski DC. Prospects for transferring nursing home residents to the community.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Nov-Dec;26(6):1762-71.

Smith DB, Feng Z, Fennell ML, Zinn JS, Mor V. Separate and unequal: racial segregation and disparities in quality across U.S. nursing homes.Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Sep-Oct;26(5):1448-58. Erratum in: Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Nov-Dec;26(6):1794.

Intrator O, Grabowski DC, Zinn J, Schleinitz M, Feng Z, Miller S, Mor V. Hospitalization of nursing home residents: the effects of states' Medicaid payment and bed-hold policies. Health Serv Res. 2007 Aug;42(4):1651-71.

Zinn JS, Mor V, Feng Z, Intrator O. Doing better to do good: the impact of strategic adaptation on nursing home performance.
Health Serv Res. 2007 Jun;42(3 Pt 1):1200-18.

Mitchell SL, Teno JM, Intrator O, Feng Z, Mor V. Decisions to forgo hospitalization in advanced dementia: a nationwide study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Mar;55(3):432-8.

Pedro Gozalo

Allen SM, Wieland LS, Gozalo PL, Griffin J. Continuity in Provider and Site of Care and Preventive Services Receipt in an Adult Medicaid Population with Physical Disabilities. Disability and Health Journal in press.

Teno J, Fisher E, Rhodes R, Mitchell S, Kuo S, Gozalo P, Intrator O, Mor V, Skinner J. Churning: The Association between Health Care Transitions and Feeding Tube Insertion for Patients with Advanced Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Palliative Medicine. To appear: Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2009.

Miller EA, Mor V, Grabowski DC, Gozalo PL, The devil's in the details: trading policy goals for complexity in medicaid nursing home reimbursement. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2009 Feb;34(1):93-135.

Farrell T, Gozalo PL, Casarett D, Connor S, Spence C, Rhodes R, et al. "It's too late": Examining the role of hospice and market factors in late hospice referrals. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2008 Apr;56(4):S1-S.

Gozalo PL, Miller SC, Intrator O, Barber JP, Mor V. Hospice effect on government expenditures among nursing home residents.
Health Serv Res. 2008 Feb;43(1 Pt 1):134-53.

Mor V, Zinn J, Gozalo P, Feng Z, Intrator O, Grabowski DC. Prospects for transferring nursing home residents to the community.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Nov-Dec;26(6):1762-71.

Gozalo PL, Miller SC. Hospice enrollment and evaluation of its causal effect on hospitalization of dying nursing home patients. Health Serv Res. 2007 Apr;42(2):587-610.

Stefan Gravenstein

High KP, Bradley SF, Gravenstein S, Mehr DR, Quagliarello VJ, Richards C, Yoshikawa TT. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Fever and Infection in Older Adult Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities. Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 48(2): 149-71, 2009.

Pop-Vicas A, Tacconelli AE, Gravenstein S, et al. Influx of multidrug-resistant, gram-negative bacteria in the hospital setting and the role of elderly patients with bacterial bloodstream infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30(4): 325-31, 2009.

Harper SA, Bradley, JS, Englund JA, File TM, Gravenstein S, et al. Seasonal influenza in adults and children--diagnosis, treatment, chemoprophylaxis, and institutional outbreak management: clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 48(8): 1003-32, 2009.

High, K. P., S. F. Bradley, Gravenstein S, et al. Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation of fever and infection in older adult residents of long-term care facilities: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. J Am Geriatr Soc 57(3): 375-94, 2009.

Han LF, Davidson HE, Gravenstein S. Steps to managing difficult behavior in people with dementia. Med Health R I. May;92(5):182-4, 2009.

Baier RR, Butterfield K, Patry G, Harris Y, Gravenstein S. Identifying Star Performers: The Relationship between Ambitious Targets and Nursing Home Quality Improvement. J Am Geriatr Soc 57, ePub Jun 22, 2009.

Jing Y, Shaheen E, Drake RR, Chen N, Gravenstein S, Deng Y.  Aging is associated with a numerical and functional decline in plasmacytoid dendritic cells, whereas myeloid dendritic cells are relatively unaltered in human peripheral blood. Hum Immunol. 2009 Oct;70(10):777-84. Epub 2009 Jul 23.  PMID: 19596035

Orna Intrator

Zinn J, Mor V, Feng Z, Intrator O. Determinants of performance failure in the nursing home industry. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Mar;68(5):933-40

Teno JM, Mitchell SL, Skinner J, Kuo S, Fisher E, Intrator O, Rhodes R, Mor V, Churning: the association between health care transitions and feeding tube insertion for nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. J Palliat Med. 2009 Apr;12(4):359-62.

Katz PR, Karuza J, Intrator O, Mor V, Nursing home physician specialists: a response to the workforce crisis in long-term care. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 17;150(6):411-3.

Zinn J, Feng Z, Mor V, Intrator O, Grabowski D, Restructuring in response to case mix reimbursement in nursing homes: a contingency approach. Health Care Manage Rev. 2008 Apr-Jun;33(2):113-23.

Intrator O, Schleinitz M, Grabowski DC, Zinn J, Mor V. Maintaining continuity of care for nursing home residents: effect of states' medicaid bed-hold policies and reimbursement rates. Health Serv Res. 2009 Feb;44(1):33-55. Epub 2008 Sep 8.

Lima JC, Allen SM, Goldscheider F, Intrator O. Spousal caregiving in late midlife versus older ages: implications of work and family obligations.J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2008 Jul;63(4):S229-S238.

Gruneir A, Miller SC, Feng Z, Intrator O, Mor V. Relationship between state medicaid policies, nursing home racial composition, and the risk of hospitalization for black and white residents. Health Serv Res. 2008 Jun;43(3):869-81.

Zinn J, Feng Z, Mor V, Intrator O, Grabowski D. Restructuring in response to case mix reimbursement in nursing homes: a contingency approach. Health Care Manage Rev. 2008 Apr-Jun;33(2):113-23.

Teno JM, Feng Z, Mitchell SL, Kuo S, Intrator O, Mor V. Do financial incentives of introducing case mix reimbursement increase feeding tube use in nursing home residents? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 May;56(5):887-90. Epub 2008 Mar 5.

Gozalo PL, Miller SC, Intrator O, Barber JP, Mor V. Hospice effect on government expenditures among nursing home residents.
Health Serv Res. 2008 Feb;43(1 Pt 1):134-53.

Feng Z, Grabowski DC, Intrator O, Zinn J, Mor V. Medicaid payment rates, case-mix reimbursement, and nursing home staffing--1996-2004. Med Care. 2008 Jan;46(1):33-40.

Mor V, Zinn J, Gozalo P, Feng Z, Intrator O, Grabowski DC. Prospects for transferring nursing home residents to the community.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Nov-Dec;26(6):1762-71.

Gruneir A, Miller SC, Intrator O, Mor V. Hospitalization of nursing home residents with cognitive impairments: the influence of organizational features and state policies. Gerontologist. 2007 Aug;47(4):447-56.

Intrator O, Grabowski DC, Zinn J, Schleinitz M, Feng Z, Miller S, Mor V. Hospitalization of nursing home residents: the effects of states' Medicaid payment and bed-hold policies. Health Serv Res. 2007 Aug;42(4):1651-71.

Dosa D, Intrator O, McNicoll L, Cang Y, Teno J. Preliminary derivation of a Nursing Home Confusion Assessment Method based on data from the Minimum Data Set. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Jul;55(7):1099-105.

Zinn JS, Mor V, Feng Z, Intrator O. Doing better to do good: the impact of strategic adaptation on nursing home performance. Health Serv Res. 2007 Jun;42(3 Pt 1):1200-18.

Mitchell SL, Teno JM, Intrator O, Feng Z, Mor V. Decisions to forgo hospitalization in advanced dementia: a nationwide study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Mar;55(3):432-8.

ISylvia Kuo

Kuo S, Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, Mor V, Teno JM, Natural history of feeding-tube use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2009 May;10(4):264-70. Epub 2009 Jan 9.

Teno JM, Mitchell SL, Skinner J, Kuo S, Fisher E, Intrator O, Rhodes R, Mor V, Churning: the association between health care transitions and feeding tube insertion for nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. J Palliat Med. 2009 Apr;12(4):359-62.

Teno JM, Feng Z, Mitchell SL, Kuo S, Intrator O, Mor V, Do financial incentives of introducing case mix reimbursement increase feeding tube use in nursing home residents? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 May;56(5):887-90. Epub 2008 Mar 5.

Kuo S, Burrill J. Differences in antihypertensive compliance by BCBSRI disease and case management intervention group. 2007 Medicine & Health/Rhode Island, 90(12):381-384.

Kuo S, Burrill J. Sustainability and impact of warfarin compliance for atrial fibrillation. 2007 Medicine and Health/Rhode Island, 90(12): 378-380.

Linda Laliberte

Laliberte L. E-documentation impacts patient care? RN. 2008 Dec;71(12):10, 12. No abstract available.

Laliberte L, Fennell ML, Papandonatos G. The relationship of membership in research networks to compliance with treatment guidelines for early-stage breast cancer. Med Care. 2005 May;43(5):471-9.

Edward Miller

Miller EA, West DM, 2009. Digital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era. Washington DC, Brookings Institution Press.

Miller EA, Wang L, The influence of national policy change on subnational policymaking: Medicaid nursing facility reimbursement in the American states. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Jun;68(11):1926-34. Epub 2009 Apr 15.

Miller EA, West DM, Where's the revolution? Digital technology and health care in the internet age. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2009 Apr;34(2):261-84.

Miller EA, Mor V, Grabowski DC, Gozalo PL, The devil's in the details: trading policy goals for complexity in medicaid nursing home reimbursement. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2009 Feb;34(1):93-135.

Miller EA, Allen SM, Mor V. Commentary: navigating the labyrinth of long-term care: shoring up informal caregiving in a home- and community-based world. J Aging Soc Policy. 2009;21(1):1-16.

Kelly ET, Miller EA. Perceptions of medical malpractice and medical malpractice reform among first- and fourth-year medical students.
Health Policy. 2008 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print]

Booth M, Miller EA, Mor V. Experts' views on long-term care in New Zealand. N Z Med J. 2008 Nov 28;121(1286):38-56.

Smith LM, Lapane KL, Fennell ML, Miller EA, Mor V. Home Health Agency profit orientation and risk for hospitalization: a propensity score analysis of population weighted data. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2008;27(3):240-57.

Miller EA, Schneider LS, Rosenheck RA. Assessing the relationship between health utilities, quality of life, and health services use in Alzheimer's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Jan;24(1):96-105.

Miller EA, Booth M, Mor V. Meeting the demographic challenges ahead: Toward culture change in an ageing New Zealand. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2008 May 22;5:5.

Miller EA, Schneider LS, Zbrozek A, Rosenheck RA. Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates of Utility Scores in Alzheimer's Disease.
Value Health. 2008 May 16. [Epub ahead of print]; 11(7): 1120-1130.

Miller EA, Booth M, Mor V, Assessing Experts' Views of the Future of Long-Term Care. Research on Aging. 2008: 30(4):450-473.

Miller EA, Mor V. Balancing regulatory controls and incentives: toward smarter and more transparent oversight in long-term care. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2008 Apr;33(2):249-79.

Miller EA, Rosenheck RA. Mental illness and use of home care nationally in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Dec;15(12):1046-56.

Rosenheck RA, Leslie DL, Sindelar JL, Miller EA, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS, Davis SM, Lebowitz BD, Rabins P, Hsiao JK, Lieberman JA, Schneider LS; Clinical Antipsychotic Trial of Intervention Effectiveness-Alzheimer's Disease (CATIE-AD) investigators. Cost-benefit analysis of second-generation antipsychotics and placebo in a randomized trial of the treatment of psychosis and aggression in Alzheimer disease. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Nov;64(11):1259-68.

Miller EA, West DM, Wasserman M. Health information Websites: characteristics of US users by race and ethnicity. J Telemed Telecare. 2007;13(6):298-302.

Susan Miller

Lima JC, Miller SC, Shield RR, 2009. Palliative and hospice care in assisted living: Reality or wishful thinking? J of Housing for the Elderly 23 (1-2): 47-65.

Gruneir A, Lapane KL, Miller SC, Mor V. Does the presence of a dementia special care unit improve nursing home quality? J Aging Health. 2008 Oct;20(7):837-54.

Welch LC, Miller SC, Martin EW, Nanda A. Referral and timing of referral to hospice care in nursing homes: the significant role of staff members. Gerontologist. 2008 Aug;48(4):477-84.

Miller SC, Han B. End-of-life care in U.S. nursing homes: nursing homes with special programs and trained staff for hospice or palliative/end-of-life care. J Palliat Med. 2008 Jul;11(6):866-77.

Beckham JC, Wiley MT, Miller SC, Dennis MF, Wilson SM, McClernon FJ, Calhoun PS. Ad lib smoking in post-traumatic stress disorder: an electronic diary study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2008 Jul;10(7):1149-57.

Gruneir A, Miller SC, Feng Z, Intrator O, Mor V. Relationship between state medicaid policies, nursing home racial composition, and the risk of hospitalization for black and white residents. Health Serv Res. 2008 Jun;43(3):869-81.

Burrill J, Miller SC. Using data to inform future direction and meet community needs: through a unique research partnership. Med Health R I. 2007 Dec;90(12):377. No abstract available.

Martin WE, Miller SC, Welch LC, Burrill J. Improving access to hospice: the Physician Feedback and Reminders to Improve Access to Hospice (PFRIAH) study. Med Health R I. 2007 Dec;90(12):388-90. No abstract available.

Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, Miller SC, Connor SR, Teno JM. Bereaved family members' evaluation of hospice care: what factors influence overall satisfaction with services? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Apr;35(4):365-71. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Miller SC, Kiely DK, Teno JM, Connor SR, Mitchell SL. Hospice care for patients with dementia: does volume make a difference?
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Mar;35(3):283-91. Epub 2008 Jan 22.

Gozalo PL, Miller SC, Intrator O, Barber JP, Mor V. Hospice effect on government expenditures among nursing home residents.
Health Serv Res. 2008 Feb;43(1 Pt 1):134-53.

Gruneir A, Lapane KL, Miller SC, Mor V. Is dementia special care really special? A new look at an old question. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Feb;56(2):199-205. Epub 2007 Dec 27.

Gruneir A, Miller SC, Intrator O, Mor V. Hospitalization of nursing home residents with cognitive impairments: the influence of organizational features and state policies. Gerontologist. 2007 Aug;47(4):447-56.

Gruneir A, Lapane KL, Miller SC, Mor V. Long-term care market competition and nursing home dementia special care units.
Med Care. 2007 Aug;45(8):739-45.

Mitchell SL, Kiely DK, Miller SC, Connor SR, Spence C, Teno JM. Hospice care for patients with dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Jul;34(1):7-16. Epub 2007 May 23.

Gozalo PL, Miller SC. Hospice enrollment and evaluation of its causal effect on hospitalization of dying nursing home patients. Health Serv Res. 2007 Apr;42(2):587-610.

Palliative Care/Hospice For Persons With Terminal and/or Chronic Progressive Illness (pdf 2MB)

Vincent Mor

 Kuo S, Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, Mor V, Teno JM, Natural history of feeding-tube use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2009 May;10(4):264-70. Epub 2009 Jan 9.

Grabowski DC, Aschbrenner KA, Feng Z, Mor V, Mental illness in nursing homes: variations across States. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun;28(3):689-700.

Dosa DM, Dore DD, Mor V, Teno JM, Frequency of Long-Acting Opioid Analgesic Initiation in Opioid-Naïve Nursing Home Residents. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Wu N, Mor V, Roy J, Resident, nursing home, and state factors affecting the reliability of Minimum Data Set quality measures. Am J Med Qual. 2009 May-Jun;24(3):229-40. Epub 2009 Apr 16.

Teno JM, Mitchell SL, Skinner J, Kuo S, Fisher E, Intrator O, Rhodes R, Mor V, Churning: the association between health care transitions and feeding tube insertion for nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. J Palliat Med. 2009 Apr;12(4):359-62.

Katz PR, Karuza J, Intrator O, Mor V, Nursing home physician specialists: a response to the workforce crisis in long-term care. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 17;150(6):411-3.

Feng Z, Hirdes JP, Smith TF, Finne-Soveri H, Chi I, Du Pasquier JN, Gilgen R, Ikegami N, Mor V, Use of physical restraints and antipsychotic medications in nursing homes: a cross-national study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Miller EA, Mor V, Grabowski DC, Gozalo PL, The devil's in the details: trading policy goals for complexity in medicaid nursing home reimbursement. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2009 Feb;34(1):93-135.

Miller EA, Allen SM, Mor V, Commentary: navigating the labyrinth of long-term care: shoring up informal caregiving in a home- and community-based world. J Aging Soc Policy. 2009 Jan-Mar;21(1):1-16.

Gerardo MP, Teno JM, Mor V,  Not so black and white: nursing home concentration of Hispanics associated with prevalence of pressure ulcers. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2009 Feb;10(2):127-32. Epub 2008 Dec 20.

Zinn J, Mor V, Feng Z, Intrator O, Determinants of performance failure in the nursing home industry. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Mar;68(5):933-40. Epub 2009 Jan 6.

Dore DD, Lapane KL, Trivedi AN, Mor V, Weinstock MA, Association between statin use and risk for keratinocyte carcinoma in the veterans affairs topical tretinoin chemoprevention trial. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jan 6;150(1):9-18.

Trivedi AN, Swaminathan S, Mor V, Insurance parity and the use of outpatient mental health care following a psychiatric hospitalization. JAMA. 2008 Dec 24;300(24):2879-85.

Booth M, Miller EA, Mor V, Experts' views on long-term care in New Zealand. N Z Med J. 2008 Nov 28;121(1286):38-56.

Dosa DM, Hyer K, Brown LM, Artenstein AW, Polivka-West L, Mor V. The controversy inherent in managing frail nursing home residents during complex hurricane emergencies. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2008 Oct;9(8):599-604. Epub 2008 Sep 7.

Smith LM, Lapane KL, Fennell ML, Miller EA, Mor V, Home health agency profit orientation and risk for hospitalization: a propensity score analysis of population weighted data. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2008;27(3):240-57.

Mor V, Katz PR, A modest proposition to align geriatrics and long term care medicine. BMC Geriatr. 2008 Nov 18;8:29. No abstract available.

Starkey KB, Weech-Maldonado R, Mor V, Market competition and quality of care in the nursing home industry. J Health Care Finance. 2005 Fall;32(1):67-81.

Smith DB, Feng Z, Fennell ML, Zinn J, Mor V, Racial disparities in access to long-term care: the illusive pursuit of equity. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2008 Oct;33(5):861-81.

Gruneir A, Lapane KL, Miller SC, Mor V, Does the presence of a dementia special care unit improve nursing home quality? J Aging Health. 2008 Oct;20(7):837-54.

Intrator O, Schleinitz M, Grabowski DC, Zinn J, Mor V, Maintaining continuity of care for nursing home residents: effect of states' Medicaid bed-hold policies and reimbursement rates. Health Serv Res. 2009 Feb;44(1):33-55. Epub 2008 Sep 8.

Teno JM, Dosa D, Rochon T, Casey V, Mor V, Development of a brief survey to measure nursing home residents' perceptions of pain management. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Dec;36(6):572-83. Epub 2008 Jun 17.

William Rakowski

Rakowski W, Clark MA, Rogers ML, Weitzen S,  Investigating reversals of association for utilization of recent mammography among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black women. Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Clark MA, Rogers ML, Armstrong GF, Rakowski W, Bowen DJ, Hughes T, McGarry KA, Comprehensive cancer screening among unmarried women aged 40-75 years: results from the cancer screening project for women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Apr;18(4):451-9.

Fernández ME, Diamond PM, Rakowski W, Gonzales A, Tortolero-Luna G, Williams J, Morales-Campos DY, Development and validation of a cervical cancer screening self-efficacy scale for low-income Mexican American women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Mar;18(3):866-75. Epub 2009 Mar 3.

Risica PM, Weinstock MA, Rakowski W, Kirtania U, Martin RA, Smith KJ. Body satisfaction effect on thorough skin self-examination.
Am J Prev Med. 2008 Jul;35(1):68-72.

Goldstein MG, Pinto BM, Marcus BH, Lynn H, Jette AM, Rakowski W, McDermott S, DePue JD, Milan FB, Dubé C, Tennstedt S. Physician-based physical activity counseling for middle-aged and older adults: a randomized trial. Ann Behav Med. 1999 Spring;21(1):40-7.

Vernon SW, del Junco DJ, Tiro JA, Coan SP, Perz CA, Bastian LA, Rakowski W, Chan W, Lairson DR, McQueen A, Fernandez ME, Warrick C, Halder A, DiClemente C. Promoting regular mammography screening II. Results from a randomized controlled trial in US women veterans. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Mar 5;100(5):347-58. Epub 2008 Feb 26.

del Junco DJ, Vernon SW, Coan SP, Tiro JA, Bastian LA, Savas LS, Perz CA, Lairson DR, Chan W, Warrick C, McQueen A, Rakowski W. Promoting regular mammography screening I. A systematic assessment of validity in a randomized trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Mar 5;100(5):333-46. Epub 2008 Feb 26.

Clark MA, Rogers ML, Armstrong GF, Rakowski W, Kviz FJ. Differential response effects of data collection mode in a cancer screening study of unmarried women ages 40-75 years: a randomized trial. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Feb 29;8:10.

McQueen A, Vernon SW, Meissner HI, Rakowski W. Risk perceptions and worry about cancer: does gender make a difference?
J Health Commun. 2008 Jan-Feb;13(1):56-79.

DePue JD, Goldstein MG, Redding CA, Velicer WF, Sun X, Fava JL, Kazura A, Rakowski W. Cancer prevention in primary care: predictors of patient counseling across four risk behaviors over 24 months. Prev Med. 2008 Mar;46(3):252-9. Epub 2007 Dec 23.

Trivedi AN, Rakowski W, Ayanian JZ. Effect of cost sharing on screening mammography in Medicare health plans. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 24;358(4):375-83.

Mor V, Rakowski W, Wetle TF. Retaining program diversity in undergraduate public health education. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Jan-Feb;14(1):3-5. No abstract available.

Martin RA, Weinstock MA, Risica PM, Smith K, Rakowski W. Factors associated with thorough skin self-examination for the early detection of melanoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2007 Sep;21(8):1074-81.

Weinstock MA, Risica PM, Martin RA, Rakowski W, Dubé C, Berwick M, Goldstein MG, Acharyya S, Lasater T. Melanoma early detection with thorough skin self-examination: the "Check It Out" randomized trial. Am J Prev Med. 2007 Jun;32(6):517-24.

Canales MK, Rakowski W, Howard A. Traditionality and cancer screening practices among American Indian women in Vermont.
Health Care Women Int. 2007 Feb;28(2):155-81.

Lawsin C, DuHamel K, Weiss A, Rakowski W, Jandorf L. Colorectal cancer screening among low-income African Americans in East Harlem: a theoretical approach to understanding barriers and promoters to screening. J Urban Health. 2007 Jan;84(1):32-44.

Linda Resnik

Plow MA, Resnik L, Allen SM, Exploring physical activity behaviour of persons with multiple sclerosis: a qualitative pilot study. Disabil Rehabil. 2009 May 21:1-14. [Epub ahead of print]

Resnik L, Plow MA, Measuring participation as defined by the international classification of functioning, disability and health: an evaluation of existing measures. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009 May;90(5):856-66. Review.

Berg K, Finne-Soveri H, Gray L, Henrard JC, Hirdes J, Ikegami N, Ljunggren G, Morris JN, Paquay L, Resnik L, Teare G, Relationship between interRAI HC and the ICF: opportunity for operationalizing the ICF. BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Mar 17;9:47.

Resnik L, Allen SM, Isenstadt D, Wasserman M, Iezzoni L, Perspectives on Use of Mobility Aids in a Diverse Population of Seniors: Implications for Intervention, Disability and Health, 2009; 2, (2):77-85.

Resnik L, Liu D, Mor V, Hart DL. Predictors of physical therapy clinic performance in the treatment of patients with low back pain syndromes. Phys Ther. 2008 Sep;88(9):989-1004; discussion 1004-11. Epub 2008 Aug 8.

Resnik L, Liu D, Hart DL, Mor V. Benchmarking physical therapy clinic performance: statistical methods to enhance internal validity when using observational data. Phys Ther. 2008 Sep;88(9):1078-87. Epub 2008 Aug 8.

Plow MA, Mathiowetz V, Resnik L. Multiple sclerosis: impact of physical activity on psychosocial constructs. Am J Health Behav. 2008 Nov-Dec;32(6):614-26.

Werneke MW, Hart DL, Resnik L, Stratford PW, Reyes A. Centralization: prevalence and effect on treatment outcomes using a standardized operational definition and measurement method. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2008 Mar;38(3):116-25.

Resnik LJ, Allen SM. Using International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to understand challenges in community reintegration of injured veterans. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2007;44(7):991-1006.

Resnik L. Identifying clinically meaningful improvement in rehabilitation of lower-limb amputees. Med Health R I. 2007 Jan;90(1):15-7. No abstract available.


Ramona Rhodes

Kuo S, Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, Mor V, Teno JM, Natural history of feeding-tube use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2009 May;10(4):264-70. Epub 2009 Jan 9.

Teno JM, Mitchell SL, Skinner J, Kuo S, Fisher E, Intrator O, Rhodes R, Mor V, Churning: the association between health care transitions and feeding tube insertion for nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. J Palliat Med. 2009 Apr;12(4):359-62.

Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, Miller SC, Connor SR, Teno JM.Bereaved family members' evaluation of hospice care: what factors influence overall satisfaction with services? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Apr;35(4):365-71. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Rhodes RL, Teno JM, Connor SR. African American bereaved family members' perceptions of the quality of hospice care: lessened disparities, but opportunities to improve remain. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Nov;34(5):472-9. Epub 2007 Sep 27.

Rhodes RL. The use of palliative and hospice care in the nursing home setting. Med Health R I. 2007 May;90(5):161-2. No abstract available.

Renee Shield

Lima JC, Miller SC, Shield R. 2009. Palliative and hospice care in assisted living: Reality or wishful thinking? J of Housing for the Elderly 23.

Farrell TW, Campbell S, Nanda A, Shield R, Wetle T. Evaluating geriatrics in the medical school curriculum: using student journals. Med Health R I. 2008 Dec;91(12):378-81. No abstract available.

Shield R, Borkan J, Guest editors. Special Issue: Anthropological perspectives on medicine. Medicine & Health / Rhode Island. 2008 Dec; 91 (12).

Shield RR, Wetle TF, Besdine RW. Preparing for the silver tsunami: the integration of geriatrics into the new medical curriculum at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Med Health R I. 2008 Aug;91(8):247-9. No abstract available.

Shield R, Borkan J. Anthropological perspectives on medicine: introduction. Med Health R I. 2008 Dec;91(12):360. No abstract available.

Farrell T, Campbell C, Nanda A, Shield R Wetle T. 2008. Evaluating geriatrics in the medical school curriculum: Using Student Journals. Medicine & Health / Rhode Island 91 (12): 378-381.

Miller SC, Shield R. 2007. Palliative care/hospice for persons with terminal and/or chronic progress illness: The role of state and federal policies in shaping access and quality for persons receiving long-term care. Brown University: Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research. Available at: http://www.chcr.brown.edu/PDFS/JEHT_4_FINALREPORT07.PDF

Shield R.2007. Physicians’ perspectives on end of life care: A qualitative inquiry. Medicine & Health / Rhode Island: 391-392.

Joan Teno

Huskamp HA, Keating NL, Malin JL, Zaslavsky AM, Weeks JC, Earle CC, Teno JM, Virnig BA, Kahn KL, He Y, Ayanian JZ, Discussions with physicians about hospice among patients with metastatic lung cancer. Arch Intern Med. 2009 May 25;169(10):954-62.

Kuo S, Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, Mor V, Teno JM, Natural history of feeding-tube use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2009 May;10(4):264-70. Epub 2009 Jan 9.

Dosa DM, Dore DD, Mor V, Teno JM, Frequency of Long-Acting Opioid Analgesic Initiation in Opioid-Naïve Nursing Home Residents. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Teno JM, Mitchell SL, Skinner J, Kuo S, Fisher E, Intrator O, Rhodes R, Mor V, Churning: the association between health care transitions and feeding tube insertion for nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. J Palliat Med. 2009 Apr;12(4):359-62.

Teno JM, Lima JC, Lyons KD, Cancer patient assessment and reports of excellence: reliability and validity of advanced cancer patient perceptions of the quality of care. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Apr 1;27(10):1621-6. Epub 2009 Mar 2.

Teno JM, Connor SR, Referring a patient and family to high-quality palliative care at the close of life: "We met a new personality... with this level of compassion and empathy". JAMA. 2009 Feb 11;301(6):651-9.

Gerardo MP, Teno JM, Mor V. Not so black and white: nursing home concentration of Hispanics associated with prevalence of pressure ulcers. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2009 Feb;10(2):127-32. Epub 2008 Dec 20.

Teno JM, Dosa D, Rochon T, Casey V, Mor V. Development of a brief survey to measure nursing home residents' perceptions of pain management. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Dec;36(6):572-83. Epub 2008 Jun 17.

Teno JM, Feng Z, Mitchell SL, Kuo S, Intrator O, Mor V. Do financial incentives of introducing case mix reimbursement increase feeding tube use in nursing home residents? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 May;56(5):887-90. Epub 2008 Mar 5.

Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, Miller SC, Connor SR, Teno JM. Bereaved family members' evaluation of hospice care: what factors influence overall satisfaction with services? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Apr;35(4):365-71. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Tuya A, Teno J. Feeding tubes for nursing home residents with advanced dementia: how to approach feeding tube decisions. Med Health R I. 2008 Jan;91(1):33-4. No abstract available.

Ward NS, Teno JM, Curtis JR, Rubenfeld GD, Levy MM. Perceptions of cost constraints, resource limitations, and rationing in United States intensive care units: results of a national survey. Crit Care Med. 2008 Feb;36(2):471-6.

Miller SC, Kiely DK, Teno JM, Connor SR, Mitchell SL. Hospice care for patients with dementia: does volume make a difference?
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Mar;35(3):283-91. Epub 2008 Jan 22.

Portenoy J, Teno JM. Hispanic language version of the family evaluation of hospice care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Nov;34(5):459-61. Epub 2007 Oct 24. No abstract available.

Rhodes RL, Teno JM, Connor SR. African American bereaved family members' perceptions of the quality of hospice care: lessened disparities, but opportunities to improve remain. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Nov;34(5):472-9. Epub 2007 Sep 27.

Gruneir A, Mor V, Weitzen S, Truchil R, Teno J, Roy J. Where people die: a multilevel approach to understanding influences on site of death in America. Med Care Res Rev. 2007 Aug;64(4):351-78. Review.

Dosa D, Intrator O, McNicoll L, Cang Y, Teno J. Preliminary derivation of a Nursing Home Confusion Assessment Method based on data from the Minimum Data Set. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Jul;55(7):1099-105.

Teno JM, Shu JE, Casarett D, Spence C, Rhodes R, Connor S. Timing of referral to hospice and quality of care: length of stay and bereaved family members' perceptions of the timing of hospice referral. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Aug;34(2):120-5. Epub 2007 Jun 21.

Mitchell SL, Kiely DK, Miller SC, Connor SR, Spence C, Teno JM. Hospice care for patients with dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Jul;34(1):7-16. Epub 2007 May 23.

Mitchell SL, Teno JM, Intrator O, Feng Z, Mor V. Decisions to forgo hospitalization in advanced dementia: a nationwide study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Mar;55(3):432-8.

Teno JM, Gruneir A, Schwartz Z, Nanda A, Wetle T. Association between advance directives and quality of end-of-life care: a national study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Feb;55(2):189-94.

Amal Trivedi

Dore DD, Lapane KL, Trivedi AN, Mor V, Weinstock MA. Association between statin use and risk for keratinocyte carcinoma in the veterans affairs topical tretinoin chemoprevention trial. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jan 6;150(1):9-18.

Trivedi AN, Swaminathan S, Mor V. Insurance parity and the use of outpatient mental health care following a psychiatric hospitalization.
JAMA. 2008 Dec 24;300(24):2879-85.

Trivedi AN, Levine EA, Mishra G. Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix Is Rarely Detected by Colonoscopy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2008 Dec 17. [Epub ahead of print]

Trivedi AN, Rakowski W, Ayanian JZ. Effect of cost sharing on screening mammography in Medicare health plans. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 24;358(4):375-83.

Singh S, Trivedi AN. Spontaneous reports as evidence of adverse drug reactions. South Med J. 2008 Jan;101(1):16. No abstract available.

Loke YK, Trivedi AN, Singh S. Meta-analysis: gastrointestinal bleeding due to interaction between selective serotonin uptake inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Jan 1;27(1):31-40. Epub 2007 Oct 5.

Alkire MT, McReynolds JR, Hahn EL, Trivedi AN. Thalamic microinjection of nicotine reverses sevoflurane-induced loss of righting reflex in the rat. Anesthesiology. 2007 Aug;107(2):264-72.

Denise Tyler

Tyler, DA, Parker. VA. 2009. Staff teamwork in long-term care facilities: the influence of management style, training, and feedback. Under review for Aging and Health.

Tyler, DA, Parker. VA. 2009. Nursing home culture, teamwork, and culture change. Under review for Journal of Research in Nursing

Tyler DA, Parker VA, Engle RL, Brandeis GH, Hickey EC, Rosen AK, Wang F, Berlowitz DR. An exploration of job design in long-term care facilities and its effect on nursing employee satisfaction.Health Care Manage Rev. 2006 Apr-Jun;31(2):137-44.

Fox Wetle

Wetle T, Farrell T, Shield R, Nanda A, Campbell S. An Innovative Strategy for Assessing Integration of Geriatrics into a Medical School Curriculum: Medical Student Journals. The Gerontologist, 2008; 48-53.

Keating N, Wetle T, Longevity, Health and Well-being. Issues in Aging in North America. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 2008;12(2):99-100.

Wetle T, Brown University Public Health Research Day. Rhode Island Public Health Association Newsletter, 2008; 4(2): 4.

Farrell TW, Campbell S, Nanda A, Shield R, Wetle T. Evaluating geriatrics in the medical school curriculum: using student journals. Med Health R I. 2008 Dec;91(12):378-81. No abstract available.

Shield RR, Wetle TF, Besdine RW. Preparing for the silver tsunami: the integration of geriatrics into the new medical curriculum at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.Med Health R I. 2008 Aug;91(8):247-9. No abstract available.

Wetle TF. The oldest old: missed public health opportunities.Am J Public Health. 2008 Jul;98(7):1159. No abstract available

Mor V, Rakowski W, Wetle TF. Retaining program diversity in undergraduate public health education.J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Jan-Feb;14(1):3-5. No abstract available.

Karlamangla A, Tinetti M, Guralnik J, Studenski S, Wetle T, Reuben D. Comorbidity in older adults: nosology of impairment, diseases, and conditions.J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007 Mar;62(3):296-300. Review.

Dosa DM, Grossman N, Wetle T, Mor V. To evacuate or not to evacuate: lessons learned from Louisiana nursing home administrators following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007 Mar;8(3):142-9.

Teno JM, Gruneir A, Schwartz Z, Nanda A, Wetle T. Association between advance directives and quality of end-of-life care: a national study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Feb;55(2):189-94.