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| Carolyn W ZhuSummaryAffiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Health-related resource use and costs in elderly adults with and without mild cognitive impairmentCarolyn W Zhu
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 61:396-402. 2013..To assess differences in resource use and cost between older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) over time...
Utilization of antihypertensives, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and hormones in Alzheimer diseaseCarolyn W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center GRECC and Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center for Study of Health Care across Systems and Sites of Care, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York, NY 10468, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 25:144-8. 2011..Findings suggest accurate modeling of the Alzheimer disease treatment paradigm for certain subgroups of patients should include antihypertensives and antipsychotics in addition to cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine...- A random effects multinomial logit analysis of using Medicare and VA healthcare among veterans with dementiaCarolyn W Zhu
James J Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 29:91-104. 2010..Efforts to coordinate care between VA and Medicare providers are necessary to ensure patients receive high quality care... - Use of Medicare and Department of Veterans Affairs health care by veterans with dementia: a longitudinal analysisCarolyn W Zhu
Research Enhancement Award Program and Geriatric Research, Health Services Research and Development Service, James J Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1908-14. 2009..Efforts to coordinate care between VA and Medicare providers are necessary to ensure that patients receive high-quality care, especially patients with multiple comorbidities... - Patient dependence and longitudinal changes in costs of care in Alzheimer's diseaseCarolyn W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center GRECC, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, NY 10468, USA
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 26:416-23. 2008..To examine the incremental effect of patients' dependence on others, on cost of medical and nonmedical care, and on informal caregiving hours over time... - The effects of patient function and dependence on costs of care in Alzheimer's diseaseCarolyn W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Program of Research on Serious Physical and Mental Illness, James J Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1497-503. 2008..To estimate incremental effects of patients' dependence and function on costs of care during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to compare strengths of their relationships with different cost components... - Comparison of costs of care between patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodiesCarolyn W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center and Program of Research on Serious Physical and Mental Illness, Targeted Research Enhancement Program, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Alzheimers Dement 4:280-4. 2008..This cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Predictors II Study took place in three university-based AD centers in the U.S... - Home health and informal care utilization and costs over time in Alzheimer's diseaseCarolyn W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center GRECC, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 27:1-20. 2008.... - Economic considerations in the management of Alzheimer's diseaseCarolyn W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center GRECC and Program of Research on Serious Physical and Mental Illness, Targeted Research Enhancement Program TREP, Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468 USA
Clin Interv Aging 1:143-54. 2006..Continued home care for patients under pharmacological treatment may reduce caregiver burden, healthcare costs, and ultimately improve patients' and caregivers' QoL... - Clinical characteristics and longitudinal changes of informal cost of Alzheimer's disease in the communityCarolyn W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center and Program of Research on Serious Physical and Mental Illness, James J Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1596-602. 2006..Each additional point on the BDRS increased informal caregiving costs 5.4%. Average annual informal cost was estimated at $25,381 per patient, increasing from $20,589 at baseline to $43,030 in Year 4... 
Longitudinal study of effects of patient characteristics on direct costs in Alzheimer diseaseC W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Bronx VA Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Neurology 67:998-1005. 2006..To estimate long-term trajectories of direct cost of caring for patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and examine the effects of patients' characteristics on cost longitudinally...- Effects of the balanced budget act on Medicare home health utilizationCarolyn Wei Zhu
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:989-94. 2004..These findings raise important questions about whether the decrease in expenditures will result in increased incidence of adverse effects or less satisfaction with care of vulnerable individuals... - Clinical features associated with costs in early AD: baseline data from the Predictors StudyC W Zhu
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Neurology 66:1021-8. 2006..Few studies on cost of caring for patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) have simultaneously considered multiple dimensions of disease costs and detailed clinical characteristics... - Hospital-based palliative care consultation: effects on hospital costJoan D Penrod
Health Services REAP GRECC, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Palliat Med 13:973-9. 2010..Palliative care consultation teams in hospitals are becoming increasingly more common. Palliative care improves the quality of hospital care for patients with advanced disease. Less is known about its effects on hospital costs... - ADCS Prevention Instrument Project: pharmacoeconomics: assessing health-related resource use among healthy elderlyMary Sano
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, James J Peters VAMC, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 20:S191-202. 2006..In addition, the loss that relates to the subjects' own time as they transition through cognitive impairment is not well documented... - Electronic health record components and the quality of careSalomeh Keyhani
Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
Med Care 46:1267-72. 2008..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... - Cost and utilization outcomes of patients receiving hospital-based palliative care consultationJoan D Penrod
Program of Research in Serious Physical and Mental Illness, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 9:855-60. 2006.... - Lipid monitoring in patients with schizophrenia prescribed second-generation antipsychoticsEllen M Weissman
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center VISN 3, Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:1323-6. 2006.... - Pediatric cystic fibrosis: evaluating costs and genetic testingWarren Balinsky
Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University, New York, NY, USA
J Pediatr Health Care 18:30-4. 2004..A broad educational effort, particularly among health care professionals, and genetic screening are advocated... - Improved fitness narrows the symptom-reporting gap between older men and womenMiriam C Morey
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center 182, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:381-90. 2003..Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare sex differences in adaptations to exercise training in measures of physical function (physical performance and self-report) and symptom reporting...