Underprescription of beneficial medicines in older people: causes, consequences and prevention

A Cherubini, A Corsonello, F Lattanzio - Drugs & aging, 2012 - Springer
Underprescription of potentially useful drugs is widespread among older people and may
herald several adverse outcomes. We aimed to review the evidence pertaining to the …

Disparities in long-term care: building equity into market-based reforms

RT Konetzka, RM Werner - Medical Care Research and …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of evidence documents pervasive racial, ethnic, and class disparities in long-
term care in the United States. At the same time, major quality improvement initiatives are …

Association of race and sites of care with pressure ulcers in high-risk nursing home residents

Y Li, J Yin, X Cai, H Temkin-Greener, DB Mukamel - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context A variety of nursing home quality improvement programs have been implemented
during the last decade but their implications for racial disparities on quality are unknown …

The prevalence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea in severe obesity: the impact of ethnicity

WB Leong, T Arora, D Jenkinson, A Thomas… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: The South Asian population is at increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
We compared the prevalence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in South Asians …

Screening tool of older person's prescriptions/screening tools to alert doctors to right treatment medication criteria modified for US nursing home setting

D Khodyakov, A Ochoa, BL Olivieri‐Mui… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To develop a set of prescribing indicators measurable with available data from
electronic nursing home (NH) databases by adapting the European‐based 2014 Screening …

Managing racial diversity: Matching internal strategies with environmental needs

AA Amirkhanyan, SB Holt, AM McCrea… - Public Administration …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although demographic diversity has been of paramount concern to researchers and
practitioners in public management, studies exploring managerial strategies to capitalize on …

Racial and ethnic disparities in social engagement among US nursing home residents

Y Li, X Cai - Medical Care, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: The numbers and proportions of racial and ethnic minorities have increased
dramatically in US nursing homes in recent years. Concerns exist about whether nursing …

Diabetes management in the nursing home

TJ Garcia, SA Brown - The Diabetes Educator, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose Diabetes mellitus is a disease with debilitating potential. Growing numbers of
elderly individuals are being admitted to under-resourced nursing homes with this often …

Racial differences in Minnesota nursing home residents' quality of life: The importance of looking beyond individual predictors

TP Shippee, C Henning-Smith… - Journal of aging …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate racial differences in nursing home (NH)
residents' quality of life (QOL) at the resident and facility levels. Method: We used …

Racial disparities in rehospitalization among Medicare patients in skilled nursing facilities

Y Li, LG Glance, J Yin… - American journal of …, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined racial disparities in rehospitalization rates among a cohort of non-
Hispanic White and Black Medicare beneficiaries admitted to skilled nursing facilities for …