Browsing by Subject "Geriatrics"

Age patterns of incidence of geriatric disease in the U.S. elderly population: Medicare-based analysis.

Akushevich, Igor; Kravchenko, Julia; Ukraintseva, Svetlana; Arbeev, Konstantin; Yashin, Anatoliy I (J Am Geriatr Soc, 2012-02)

OBJECTIVES: To use the Medicare Files of Service Use (MFSU) to evaluate patterns in the incidence of aging-related diseases in the U.S. elderly population. DESIGN: Age-specific incidence rates of 19 aging-related diseases ...

Evaluation of a geriatrics primary care model using prospective matching to guide enrollment.

Smith, Valerie A; Van Houtven, Courtney Harold; Lindquist, Jennifer H; Hastings, Susan N (BMC medical research methodology, 2021-08)

<h4>Background</h4>Few definitive guidelines exist for rigorous large-scale prospective evaluation of nonrandomized programs and policies that require longitudinal primary data collection. In Veterans Affairs (VA) we identified ...

The second international conference "genetics of aging and longevity".

Anisimov, Vladimir N; Bartke, Andrzej; Barzilai, Nir; Batin, Mikhail A; Blagosklonny, Mikhail V; Brown-Borg, Holly; Budovskaya, Yelena; ... (30 authors) (Aging (Albany NY), 2012-05)

The Sickle Cell Disease Functional Assessment (SCD-FA) tool: a feasibility pilot study.

Oyedeji, Charity I; Hall, Katherine; Luciano, Alison; Morey, Miriam C; Strouse, John J (Pilot and feasibility studies, 2022-03)

<h4>Background</h4>The life expectancy for individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) has greatly increased over the last 50 years. Adults with SCD experience multiple complications such as cardiopulmonary disease, strokes, ...