Background: Research suggests that growth in Black and Hispanic (minority) older adults'
nursing home (NH) use may be the result of disparities in access to community-based and …

ABSTRACT Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) are an effective approach
to improve care quality and delay institutional admissions especially for Black and Hispanic …

Background: Approximately one-quarter of all deaths in the United States occur in nursing
homes (NHs). Palliative care has the potential to improve NH end-of-life care, but more …

Background Low nursing home staffing in the United States is a growing safety concern.
Socioeconomic deprivation in the local areas surrounding a nursing home may be a barrier …

Background While pulmonary nodule guidelines provide follow-up recommendations based
on nodule size and malignancy risk, these are inconsistently followed in clinical practice. In …

Objectives: The CMS Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility
Residents: Payment Reform (NFI 2) provided billing opportunities to incentivize participating …

Objectives Estimates of influenza vaccine use are not available at the county level for US
nursing home (NH) residents but are critically necessary to guide the implementation of …

Objectives Quantify how observable characteristics contribute to influenza vaccination
disparities among White, Black, and Hispanic nursing home (NH) residents. Design …

Background Disparities in influenza vaccination exist between Hispanic and non-Hispanic
White US nursing home (NH) residents, but the geographic areas with the largest disparities …

This study investigated sociodemographic factors for immunization care use and the
relationship between trust in physician (TIP) and immunization service use in older Chinese …