Health Services & Policy Research

Developed by the Research Committee
Moderator: Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD, MHS, GRECC, Duke University, Durham VA Medical Center
This session presents the latest peer-reviewed research focused on health services and policy research with questions and answers to follow. Learning objective: (1) discuss new original research related to health services and policy research.

P40 - Hospitalizations in Pace
Bruce Kinosian, MD, University of Pennsylvania

P41 - Evaluation of a National Care Transition Program
Shiou-Liang Wee, PhD, Agency for Integrated Care (Singapore)

P42 - The Epidemiology of Physically and Verbally Aggressive Behaviors of Nursing Home Residents Directed at Staff
Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

P43 - Defining Medically Complex Patients Using Chronic Conditions, Healthcare Utilization and Functional Status
William W. Hung, MD, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

P44 - Risk Factors for Early Hospital Readmission among Low Income Seniors
Tochukwu C. Iloabuchi, MBBS, Indiana University School of Medicine

P45 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Screening for Vitamin D Insufficiency to Prevent Falls and Fractures among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Richard H. Lee, MD, MPH, Duke University