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| Sunil M ShahSummaryAffiliation: St George's Country: UK Publications
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Mortality in older care home residents in England and WalesSunil M Shah
Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, London, UK
Age Ageing 42:209-15. 2013..mortality in UK care homes is not well described...
Do good health and material circumstances protect older people from the increased risk of death after bereavement?Sunil M Shah
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, London, UK
Am J Epidemiol 176:689-98. 2012..Good health and material circumstances do not protect individuals from increased mortality rates after bereavement...
Quality of prescribing in care homes and the community in England and WalesSunil M Shah
Division of Population Health Science and Education, St George s University of London, UK
Br J Gen Pract 62:e329-36. 2012..Care home residents are vulnerable to the adverse effects of prescribing but there is limited monitoring in the UK...
Socio-economic determinants of casualty and NHS Direct useS M Shah
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 30:75-81. 2008..There is limited evidence on the social determinants of A&E use and concerns over the equity of NHS Direct utilization...
Trends and inequities in beta-blocker prescribing for heart failureSunil M Shah
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace
Br J Gen Pract 58:862-9. 2008..Treatment with specific beta-blockers reduces mortality and hospitalisation in heart failure...
Calcium supplementation, cardiovascular disease and mortality in older womenSunil M Shah
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:59-64. 2010..To investigate the long-term cumulative effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on cardiovascular outcomes and death in older women...
Antipsychotic prescribing to older people living in care homes and the community in England and WalesS M Shah
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 26:423-34. 2011..This paper describes and compares antipsychotic prescribing to older people in care homes and the community in England and Wales...
Quality of chronic disease care for older people in care homes and the community in a primary care pay for performance system: retrospective studySunil M Shah
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
BMJ 342:d912. 2011..To describe the quality of care for chronic diseases among older people in care homes (nursing and residential) compared with the community in a pay for performance system...
The impact of dementia on influenza vaccination uptake in community and care home residentsSunil M Shah
Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, London, UK
Age Ageing 41:64-9. 2012..Influenza vaccination is recommended for older people irrespective of cognitive decline or residential setting...
A new simple primary care morbidity score predicted mortality and better explains between practice variations than the Charlson indexIain M Carey
Population Health Research Centre, Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, London SW17 0RE, United Kingdom
J Clin Epidemiol 66:436-44. 2013..The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in UK primary care offers potential for developing a standardized morbidity score for low-risk populations...
Depression indicators in a national sample of older community and care home patients: applying the Quality and Outcomes FrameworkTess Harris
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, Tooting, London, UK
Br J Gen Pract 61:135-8. 2011..Age, sex, and higher care home dementia prevalence did not explain these differences. Case finding and assessment of depression need to be improved in older people, particularly care home residents...
Identifying the clinical characteristics of older people living in care homes using a novel approach in a primary care databaseSunil M Shah
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London, UK
Age Ageing 39:617-23. 2010..to enhance identification of older nursing and residential home residents in a national sample and describe their chronic disease prevalence...
Does β-adrenoceptor blocker therapy improve cancer survival? Findings from a population-based retrospective cohort studySunil M Shah
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, Tooting, London SW17 0RE, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 72:157-61. 2011..To examine the effect of β-adrenoceptor blocker treatment on cancer survival...
Antidepressant prescribing in older primary care patients in community and care home settings in England and WalesTess Harris
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE, UK
J Am Med Dir Assoc 13:41-7. 2012..To compare the prevalence and predictors of antidepressant prescribing in older care home and community residents in England and Wales...
