Alex Federman

..to examine the association of language (English vs Spanish), and commonly used measures of memory and word fluency among older adults...

..Lack of awareness may be a significant barrier to participation by low- and middle-income seniors in pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs...

..9, 95% CI 2.2 to 21.9) or HIV (RR 5.6, 95% CI 1.7 to 18.5). Successfully promoting appropriate utilization of onsite primary care may require a better understanding of MMTP patients' perceptions of primary care...

..National-level data are needed on predictors of mild physical impairment among older adults to assist policy makers with resource allocation...

..Elderly patients, in particular, have disproportionately low rates of adequate pain control compared with younger patients...

..Physicians play a key role in determining use of generics and specialty may be a particularly influential factor...

..To determine whether low-income seniors and those without prescription drug coverage are more likely to use generic cardiovascular drugs than more affluent and better insured adults...

..Several strategies have been proposed to reform physician reimbursement while improving quality of care. Despite much debate, physicians' opinions regarding reimbursement reform proposals have not been objectively assessed...

..To study the relationship between health literacy and memory and verbal fluency in older adults...

..Medicare established the Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI, recently renamed the Physicians Quality Reporting System) to increase reporting of quality metrics and promote healthcare quality...

..To examine the relationship between suboptimal asthma beliefs and inadequate health literacy among older adults with asthma...

..To examine agreement between self-report of chronic disease and medical record data for inner-city seniors, their sensitivity and specificity, and the association between patient characteristics and accuracy of self-reports...

..These findings suggest that a significant number of eligible elderly are not enrolled in Medicaid and that liberalizing or tightening Medicaid eligibility criteria can have an impact on Medicaid enrollment by low-income elderly patients...

..Electronic health records (EHRs) have been promoted as an important tool to improve quality of care. We examined the association between EHR components, a complete EHR, and the quality of care...

..This study aimed to characterize seniors' beliefs about generic drugs, and examine potential correlates of these beliefs, including socioeconomic and health status variables, health literacy, and physician communication skills...

..Further research is needed to understand how factors around initiation interact and how interventions can overcome them...

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..We sought to characterize the health status and medication utilization of an urban cohort of homebound adults and to identify factors associated with medication use in this population...

..To create a brief assessment tool, the Medication Understanding and Use Self-Efficacy Scale (MUSE)...

..To compare the survival and risk of serious adverse events in older patients with stages II-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer treated with or without postoperative platinum based chemotherapy...

..To determine whether literacy mediates the association between education, hypertension knowledge and control...

..A significant minority of physicians were either providing HCV antiviral treatment or willing to provide HCV antiviral treatment...

..Despite its potential to improve access to primary care, the QMB program is underused. Future policy and research efforts should address low participation rates...

..This may, in turn, reduce beneficiaries' out-of-pocket prescription costs, thereby improving patients' access to medications and possibly their medication adherence and health outcomes as well...

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..The study findings will expand our understanding of health literacy and provide new insights into best methods for educating older asthmatics about managing their disease. ..

..The study findings will expand our understanding of health literacy and provide new insights into best methods for educating older asthmatics about managing their disease. ..