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| Mary W CarterSummaryAffiliation: West Virginia University Country: USA Publications
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Variations in hospitalization rates among nursing home residents: the role of facility and market attributesMary W Carter
Division of Health Sevices Research and Policy, School of Public Health University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Gerontologist 43:175-91. 2003..This study examined the contribution of facility-level and area market-level attributes to variations in hospitalization rates among nursing home residents...
Characteristics and outcomes of injury-related ED visits among older adultsMary W Carter
Center on Aging, West Virginia University School of Medicine, P O Box 9127, Morgantown, WV 26506 9127, USA
Am J Emerg Med 26:296-303. 2008..The objectives of this study were to examine the epidemiology of injury among older adults treated in emergency departments (EDs) and to explore the effect of advanced age and nursing home residence on associated outcomes...- ED visits by older adults for ambulatory care-sensitive and supply-sensitive conditionsMary W Carter
Center on Aging, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506 9127, USA
Am J Emerg Med 24:428-34. 2006..The aim of this study was to examine the effect of advanced age on ED outcomes, including hospitalization for any reason, ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations (ACSHs), and supply-sensitive hospitalizations... - Nursing home performance on select publicly reported quality indicators and resident risk of hospitalization: grappling with policy implicationsMary W Carter
Center on Aging and the Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, School of Medicine, PO Box 9127, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 18:17-39. 2006..Residents from NHs with more decubitus ulcers, with greater use of physical restraints, and with a higher than expected incidence of unexplained weight loss/gain experienced increased risk of hospitalization... - The effect of sentinel injury on Medicare expenditures over timeMary W Carter
Center on Aging and Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:406-16. 2011..To examine the long-term effect of sentinel injury (unintentional injury involving serious health-related consequences) among older adults on Medicare expenditures... - Vulnerable populations at risk of potentially avoidable hospitalizations: the case of nursing home residents with Alzheimer's diseaseMary W Carter
Center on Aging and Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 20:349-58. 2005.... 
Variations in hospitalization rates among nursing home residents: the role of discretionary hospitalizationsMary W Carter
Center on Aging, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Health Serv Res 38:1177-206. 2003....- Emerging services for community-based long-term care in urban China: a systematic analysis of Shanghai's community-based agenciesBei Wu
Center on Aging and Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 17:37-60. 2005..Several main issues involved in the development of the emerging system are addressed, and relevant policy implications are presented in the paper... - Factors associated with ambulatory care--sensitive hospitalizations among nursing home residentsMary W Carter
West Virginia University School of Medicine, USA
J Aging Health 15:295-331. 2003.... - The effect of direct-to-consumer advertising on prescription drug use by older adultsBalaji Datti
Center on Aging and Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-9127, USA
Drugs Aging 23:71-81. 2006.... - Perceived barriers to health care access among rural older adults: a qualitative studyR Turner Goins
Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA
J Rural Health 21:206-13. 2005..The majority of what we know about this issue has been based upon quantitative studies, yet qualitative studies might offer additional insight into individual perceptions of health care access... - ATV deaths among older adults in West Virginia: evidence suggesting that "60 is the new 40!"James C Helmkamp
Injury Control Research Center, and Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
South Med J 102:465-9. 2009..Describe the epidemiology of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) deaths among persons > or =65 years of age in West Virginia from 1999-2007... - Implications of conducting trend analyses of emergency department visits using publicly released masked design variablesMotao Zhu
Department of Community Medicine and Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Ann Emerg Med 57:683-687.e1. 2011....
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- A Spatial Analysis of Nursing Home Deficiency CitationsMary Carter; Fiscal Year: 2007..of care as well as identify potential strategies for targeting quality of care improvement initiatives to those areas most likely to benefit from such programs. ..