Mary Beth Hamel

Alternative medicine use in older Americans.

OBJECTIVES: Because there are few data describing alternative medicine use in older populations, we analyzed a nationally representative survey to quantify and characterize the use of alternative medicine in people aged 65 and older.

Health care expenditures associated with overweight and obesity among US adults: importance of age and race.

OBJECTIVES We estimated health care expenditures associated with overweight and obesity and examined the influence of age, race, and gender. METHODS Using 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data, we employed 2-stage modeling to estimate annual health care expenditures associated with high body mass index (BMI) and examine interactions between demographic factors and BMI. RESULTS Overall, the mean per capita annual health care expenditure (converted to December 2003 dollars) was

Decision-making and outcomes of Prolonged ICU stays in Seriously ill Patients

3338 before adjustment. While the adjusted expenditure was

Medical Care Inconsistent with Patients' Treatment Goals: Association with 1-Year Medicare Resource Use and Survival

2127 (90% confidence interval [CI]=

Joint Replacement Surgery in Elderly Patients With Severe Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee: Decision Making, Postoperative Recovery, and Clinical Outcomes

1927,

Age-related differences in care preferences, treatment decisions, and clinical outcomes of seriously ill hospitalized adults: lessons from SUPPORT.

2362) for a typical normal-weight White woman aged 35 to 44 years, expenditures were

The Use of Life‐Sustaining Treatments in Hospitalized Persons Aged 80 and Older

2358 (90% CI=

Rethinking fundamental assumptions : SUPPORT's implications for future reform

2128,

Elderly persons' last six months of life: findings from the Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project.

2604) for women with BMIs of 25 to 29.9 kg/m(2),

Electronic Medical Record Reminders and Panel Management to Improve Primary Care of Elderly Patients

2873 (90% CI=