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| Vicki A FreedmanSummaryAffiliation: Polisher Research Institute Country: USA Publications
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Robine and Michel's "Looking forward to a general theory on population aging": incorporating disability into population-level models of health change at older agesVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, 1425 Horsham Rd, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:M602-3; author reply M616-20. 2004- Another look at aggregate changes in severe cognitive impairment: further investigation into the cumulative effects of three survey design issuesVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life formerly Philadelphia Geriatric Center, North Wales, Pennsylvania 19454, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:S126-31. 2002..This study explored whether previously reported declines in severe cognitive impairment were robust to cumulative effects of potentially confounding survey design issues... - Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: report from a technical working groupVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
Demography 41:417-41. 2004..The implications of the findings for policy, national survey efforts, and further research are discussed... - Disability and home care dynamics among older unmarried AmericansVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Abramson Center for Jewish Life formerly Philadelphia Geriatric Center, Horsham, North Wales, Pennsylvania 19454, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 59:S25-33. 2004.... - Commentary on "Trends in Scores on Tests of Cognitive Ability in the Elderly U.S. Population, 1993-2000". Beyond inconsistent results: finding the truth about trends in late-life cognitive functioningVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Horsham, Pennsylvania 19454, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 58:S347-8; author reply S348-9. 2003 - Asking neutral versus leading questions: implications for functional limitation measurementVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, North Wales, PA, USA
J Aging Health 15:661-87. 2003..quot; may be the optimal approach for survey designers... - Recent trends in disability and functioning among older adults in the United States: a systematic reviewVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, 1425 Horsham Rd, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
JAMA 288:3137-46. 2002..Several well-publicized recent studies have suggested that disability among older Americans has declined in the last decade... - Measurement of assistive device use: implications for estimates of device use and disability in late lifeJennifer C Cornman
Polisher Research Institute, Abramson Center for Jewish Life, 1425 Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
Gerontologist 45:347-58. 2005.... 
Socioeconomic disparities in the use of home health services in a medicare managed care populationVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, 1425 Horsham Rd, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
Health Serv Res 39:1277-97. 2004..Physicians and therapists working with Medicare managed care enrollees may want to actively target DME prescriptions to those with educational disadvantages...- Biobehavioral correlates of relocation in the frail elderly: salivary cortisol, affect, and cognitive functionNancy Hodgson
Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, 1425 Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1856-62. 2004..To examine affect and physiological stress in frail older adults in response to a voluntary nursing home relocation... - Trends in medication use and functioning before retirement age: are they linked?Vicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, Horsham, Pennsylvania, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:154-62. 2003..Findings underscore the need for caution in projecting forward improvements in old-age functioning when considering the future of Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs that serve the elderly with disabilities... - Promoting declines in the prevalence of late-life disability: comparisons of three potentially high-impact interventionsVicki A Freedman
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Milbank Q 84:493-520. 2006..Additional research is needed to evaluate longer-term outcomes of interventions, including effects on length and quality of life... - Feeling better? Trends in general health statusLinda G Martin
Institute of Medicine, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:S11-21. 2007..been mirrored in changes in self-reported general health status? Are general health status trends similar for younger and older Americans? Have changes in general health status been uniform across demographic and socioeconomic groups?.. - Chronic conditions and the decline in late-life disabilityVicki A Freedman
Department of Health Systems and Policy, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, 335 George Street Suite 2200, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Demography 44:459-77. 2007..We discuss these findings in light of improvements in treatments and changes in the environments of older adults... - Neighborhoods and disability in later lifeVicki A Freedman
Department of Health Systems and Policy, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, 335 George Street, Suite 2200, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Soc Sci Med 66:2253-67. 2008.... - Declines in late-life disability: the role of early- and mid-life factorsVicki A Freedman
School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Soc Sci Med 66:1588-602. 2008..We conclude that early- and mid-life factors have contributed along with late-life factors to U.S. late-life disability trends mainly through their influence on the onset of, rather than recovery from, limitations... - Why is late-life disability declining?Robert F Schoeni
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Milbank Q 86:47-89. 2008..Late-life disability has been declining in the United States since the 1980s. This study provides the first comprehensive investigation into the reasons for this trend... - Commentary: dissecting disability trends--concepts, measures, and explanationsVicki A Freedman
Department of Health Systems and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Int J Epidemiol 35:1261-3. 2006 - Reconsidering substitution in long-term care: when does assistive technology take the place of personal care?Emily M Agree
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E4646, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:S272-80. 2005..In this article, we examine tradeoffs between the use of AT and reliance on personal care, with attention to factors that may influence those relationships... - A comparison of assistive technology and personal care in alleviating disability and unmet needEmily M Agree
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Gerontologist 43:335-44. 2003..The authors examine differences in reports of residual disability and unmet need by type of long-term care arrangement (assistive technology or personal care)... - Trends in the use of assistive technology and personal care for late-life disability, 1992-2001Vicki A Freedman
Department Health Systems and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 335 George Street, Suite 2200, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Gerontologist 46:124-7. 2006..Using a decomposition technique, we demonstrate that these shifts in assistance toward technology account for half the decline in the number of people dependent on personal care... - Socioeconomic disparities in medical provider visits among medicare managed care enrolleesJeannette Rogowski
Department of Health Systems and Policy, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 2688, USA
Inquiry 45:112-29. 2008.... - Racial and ethnic disparities in mobility device use in late lifeJennifer C Cornman
Department of Health Systems and Policy, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, 335 George Street Suite 2200, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:S34-41. 2008..This study investigated whether use of mobility devices differs by race and ethnicity and explored several reasons for this difference... - Factors influencing the use of mobility technology in community-based long-term careEmily M Agree
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Aging Health 16:267-307. 2004..DISCUSSION: Research on the dynamic acquisition process, with attention to age and trajectories of disability severity, is needed to fully understand the integration of technology and personal care... - Use of preventive services by men enrolled in Medicare+Choice plansLeo S Morales
RAND Health, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
Am J Public Health 94:796-802. 2004.... - Turning the disability tide: the importance of definitionsLisa I Iezzoni
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
JAMA 299:332-4. 2008 - Sociodemographic differences in use of preventive services by women enrolled in Medicare+Choice plansLeo S Morales
RAND Health, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
Prev Med 39:738-45. 2004..We examined the effect of sociodemographic factors on the receipt of mammography, colorectal cancer screening, and influenza vaccinations by women enrolled in two Medicare+Choice health plans... - Socioeconomic status and medical care expenditures in Medicare managed careKanika Kapur
University College Dublin, School of Economics, Ireland
J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:876-98. 2006..The pathway variables also were associated with expenditures. Accounting for the pathways through which SES affects expenditures narrowed the effect of SES on expenditures; however, the change in the estimates was very small... - Persistent and growing socioeconomic disparities in disability among the elderly: 1982-2002Robert F Schoeni
Institute for Social Research, Ford School of Public Policy, and Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104, USA
Am J Public Health 95:2065-70. 2005..We sought to determine whether socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in prevalence of disability over age 70 have widened or narrowed during the past 2 decades... - Neighborhoods and obesity in later lifeIrina B Grafova
Department of Health Systems and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Am J Public Health 98:2065-71. 2008..We examined the influence of neighborhood environment on the weight status of adults 55 years and older...