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• Leff B, Novak T. It takes a team: Affordable Care Act. Policy makers mine the potiential of the Guided Care model. Generations 2011;35(1):60-63.
• Boult C, Reider L, Leff B, Frick K, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Frey K, Karm L, Wegener ST, Mroz T, Scharfstein DO. The effects of Guided Care teams on the use of health services: results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 2011;171(5):460-466.
• Skolasky RL, Green AF, Scharfstein D, Boult C, reider L, Wegener ST. Psychometric properties of the Patient Activation Measure among multi-morbid older adults. Health Serv Res 2010 Nov 19 [Epub ahead of print].
• Boult C, Wieland GD. Comprehensive primary care for older patients with multiple chronic conditions. JAMA 2010;304(17):1936-1943.
• Boult C, Counsell SR, Leipzig RM, Berenson RA. The urgency of preparing primary care physicians to care for older people with chronic illnesses. Health Affairs 2010;29(5):811-818.
• Stock S, Tebest R, Boult C, Reider L. The challenge of dementia: a framework for the modeling of future care structures. Monitor Versorgungforschung 2010 February 8:25-29.
• Marsteller JA, Hsu Y-J, Reider L, Frey K, Wolff J, Boyd C, Leff B, Karm L, Scharfstein D, Boult C. Physician satisfaction with chronic care: a cluster-randomized trial of Guided Care. Ann Fam Med 2010;8(4):308-315.
• Arbaje AI, Maron DD, Yu Q, Wendel VI, Tanner E, Boult C, Durso SC. The geriatric floating interdisciplinary transition team. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58(2):364-370.
• Giovannetti ER, Wolff JL, Frick KD, Boult C. Construct validity of the work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire across informal caregivers of chronically ill older patients. Value in Health 2010;12(6):1011-1017.
• Boyd CM, Reider L, Frey K, Scharfstein D, Leff B, Wolff J, Groves C, Karm L, Wegener S, Marsteller J, Boult C. The Effects of Guided Care on the Perceived Quality of Health Care for Multi-morbid Older Persons: 18-Month Outcomes from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med 2010;25(3):235-242.
• Boult C, Green AF, Boult LB, Pacala JT, Snyder C, Leff B. Successful models of comprehensive care for older adults with chronic conditions: evidence for the Institute of Medicine’s “Retooling for an Aging America” report. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009;57(12):2328-2337.
• Giddens JF, Tanner E, Frey K, Reider L, Boult C. Expanding the Gerontological Nursing Role in Guided Care. Geriatric Nursing 2009;30(5):358-364.
• Wolff JL, Giovannetti ER, Boyd CM, Reider L, Palmer S, Scharfstein D, Marsteller J, Wegener S, Frey K, Leff B, Boult C. Effects of Guided Care on family caregivers. Gerontologist 2009 August 26 (on line).
• Young Y, Fan MY, Hebel JR, Boult C. Concurrent validity of administering the Functional Independence Measure (FIM™) instrument by interview. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2009;88(9):766-70.
• Leff B, Reider L, Frick KD, Scharfstein D, Boyd CM, Frey K, Karm L, Boult C. “Guided Care” and the cost of complex health care. Am J Manag Care 2009;15(8):555-559.
• Wolff JL, Rand-Giovannetti E, Palmer S, Wegener S, Reider L, Frey K, Boult C. Caregiving and chronic care: the Guided Care program for families and friends. J Gerontol Med Sci 2009; 64A(7):785-791.
• Famadas JC, Frick KD, Haydar ZR, Nicewander D, Ballard D, Boult C. The effects of interdisciplinary outpatient geriatrics on the use, costs, and quality of health services in the fee-for-service environment. Aging Clin Exp Res 2008 ;20(6):556-561.
• Arbaje AI, Wolff JL, Yu Q, Powe NR, Anderson GF, Boult CE. Post-discharge environmental and socioeconomic factors and the likelihood of early hospital readmission among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries. Gerontologist 2008;48(4):495-504.
• Boult C, Christmas C, Durso SC, Leff B, Boult L, Fried LP. Transforming chronic care for older persons. Acad Med 2008;83(7):627-631.
• Aliotta S, Grieve K, Giddens JF, Dunbar L, Groves C, Frey K, Boult C. Guided Care: a new frontier for adults with chronic conditions. Prof Case Manag 2008;13(3):151-158.
• Conwell L, Boult C. The effects of complications and comorbidities on the quality of preventive diabetes care: a literature review. Population Health Manag 2008:11(4):217-228.
• Hsiao CJ, Boult C. The effects of quality on outcomes in primary care: a review of the literature. Am J Med Quality 2008;23(4):302-310.
• Boyd CM, Shadmi E, Conwell LJ, Griswold M, Leff B, Brager R, Sylvia M, Boult C. A pilot test of the effect of Guided Care on the quality of primary care experiences for multi-morbid older adults. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(5):536-42.
• Boult C, Reider L, Frey K, Leff B, Boyd C, Wegener S, Marsteller J, Karm L, Scharfstein D. Early effects of Guided Care on the quality of health care for multimorbid older persons: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. J Gerontol Med Sci 2008;63A(3):321-27.
• Sylvia ML, Griswold M, Dunbar L, Park M, Boult C. Guided Care: cost and utilization outcomes in a pilot study. Disease Manag 2008;11(1):29-36.
• Boyd CM, Boult C, Shadmi E, Leff B, Brager R, Dunbar L, Wolff JL. Guided Care for multi-morbid older adults. Gerontologist 2007;47(5):697-704.
• McNabney MK, Wolff JL, Semanick LM, Boult C, Kasper J. Care needs of high-functioning nursing home residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8(6):409-412.
• Pronovost PJ, Berenholtz S, Goeschel CA, Needham DM, Sexton JB, Thompson DA, Lubomski LH, Marsteller JA, Makary M. Creating high reliability in healthcare organizations. Health Services Research 2006;41(4P+2):1599-1617.
• Wagner JT, Bachmann LM, Boult C, Harari D, von Renteln-Kruse W, Egger M, Beck JC, Stuck AE. Predicting the risk of hospital admission in older persons – validation of a brief self-administered questionnaire in three European countries. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006;54(8):1271-1276.
• Pacala JT, Boult C, Hepburn K. Ten years’ experience conducting the Aging Game workshop: was it worth it? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006;54(1):144-149.
• Marsteller JA, Tiggle R, Remsburg R, Shefer A, Bardenheier B. Influenza immunization in nursing homes: who does not get immunized and whose status is unknown.  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2006;27(4):388-396.
• Shadmi E, Boyd C, Hsiao C, Schuster A, Sylvia M, and Boult C. Morbidity and older persons' perceptions of the quality of their primary care. Journal of American Geriatrics Society 2006; 54(2):330-334.
• Sylvia ML, Shadmi E, Hsiao CJ, Boyd CM, Schuster AB, Boult C. Clinical features of high-risk older persons identified by predictive modeling. Disease Management 2006;9(1):56-62.
• Wolff JL and Kasper JD Caregivers of frail elders: updating a national profile.  Gerontologist 2006; 46(3): 344-356.
• Besdine R, Boult C, et al.  For the American Geriatrics Society Task Force on the Future of Geriatric Medicine. Caring for older Americans: the future of geriatric medicine. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005;53:S1-S12.
• Spiers NA, Matthews RJ, Jagger C, Matthews FE, Boult C, Robinson TG, Brayne C. Diseases and impairments as risk factors for onset of disability in the older population in England and Wales: findings from the MRC cognitive function and ageing study. Journals of Gerontology 2005;60(2):248-254.
• Boyd CM, Darer JD, Boult C, Fried LP, Boult L, Wu AW.  Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases: implications for pay for performance. Journal of the American Medical Association 2005;294(6):716-724.
• Leff B, Burton L, Mader S, Naughton B, Burl J, Inouye SK, Greenough WB, Guido S, Langston CA, Frick KD, Steinwachs D, Burton JR.  Hospital At home: Feasibility and outcomes of a program to provide hospital-level care at home for acutely ill older patients.  Annals of Internal Medicine 2005;143:798-808.
• Pearson M, Wu SY, Schaefer J, Bonomi A, Shortell S, Mendel P, Marsteller J, Rosen M, Keeler M. Assessing the implementation of the chronic care model in quality improvement collaboratives, RAND/ UC Berkeley Improving Chronic Illness Care evaluation. Health Services Research 2005;40(4):978-996.
• Bardenheier B, Tiggle R, Shefer A, Remsburg R, Marsteller JA. Nursing home resident and facility characteristics associated with pneumococcal vaccination, National Nursing Home Survey, 1995-1999. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005;53(9):1543-1551.
•  Lin, M, Marsteller JA, Shortell S, Mendel P, Pearson M, Rosen M, Wu S. Motivation to change chronic disease care: results from a national evaluation of quality improvement collaboratives.  Health Care Management Review 2005;30(2):139-156.
• Wolff JL, Boult C. Moving beyond round pegs and square holes: restructuring Medicare to improve chronic care. Annals of Internal Medicine 2005;143(6)439-445. (Editorially featured).
• Wolff JL, Agree EM, Kasper JD. Wheelchairs, walkers, and canes: what does Medicare pay for, and who benefits. Health Affairs 2005;24(4):1140-1149.
• Wolff JL, Boult C, Boyd CM, Anderson G. Newly reported chronic conditions and onset of functional dependency. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 2005;53(5);851-855.
• Finucane TE, Boult CE. Association of funding and findings of pharmaceutical research at a meeting of a medical professional society. American Journal of Medicine 2004;117(11):842-845.
• Goodlin S, Boult C, Bubolz T, Chiang L. Who will need long-term care? Creation and validation of a new screening instrument. Disease Management 2004;7(4):267-274.
• Fillenbaum GG, Hanlon JT, Landerman LR, Artz MB, O’Connor H, Dowd B, Gross CR, Boult C, Garrard J, Schmader KE. Impact of inappropriate drug use on health services utilization among representative community dwelling elders. American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy 2004;2(2):92-101.
• Shortell S, Marsteller J, Lin M, Pearson M, Wu SY, Mendel P, Cretin S, Rosen M. The role of team effectiveness in improving chronic illness care, RAND/ UC Berkeley Improving Chronic Illness Care evaluation. Medical Care 2004;42(11):1040-1048.
• Boult C, Urdangarin C, Kessler J, Boult L, Yedidia P. Identifying workers at risk for high health care expenditures: a short questionnaire. Disease Management 2004;7(2):124-135.
• Wolff JL. Meeting long-term care needs. Advanced Studies in Medicine 2004;4;318-320.
• Wolff JL, Kasper JD. Informal caregiver characteristics and subsequent hospitalization outcomes among recipients of care. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2004;16(4):307-313.
• Wolff JL and Agree EM.  Depression among recipients of informal care: the effects of reciprocity, respect, and adequacy of support. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 2004;59B:S173-S180.
• Pacala JT, Boult C, Urdangarin C, McCaffrey D. Using self-reported data to predict expenditures for the health care of older people. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003; 51(5):609-614.
• Coleman EA, Boult C.  Improving the quality of transitional care for persons with complex care needs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003;51(4):556-557.
• Boult C, Coleman EA. Diffusing our innovations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003;51(1):127-128.
• Hanlon JT, Fillenbaum GG, Kuchibhatla M, Artz MB, Boult C, Gross CR, Garrard J, Schmader KE.  Impact of inappropriate drug use on mortality and decline in functional status in representative community dwelling elders. Medical Care 2002;40(2):166-176.
• Hanlon JT, Schmader KE, Boult C, Gross CR, Fillenbaum GG, Ruby CM, Garrard J. Use of inappropriate prescription drugs by older people. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002;50(1):26-34.
• Boult C, Boult L, Morishita L, Dowd B, Kane RL, Urdangarin C. Randomized trial of outpatient geriatric evaluation and management. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2001;49(4):351-359