Contact

Email:
Amit.Kumar​@nau.edu

Racial differences in transition of care among Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias after hip fracture

The long-term goal of our research is to improve the quality of care transitions among frail patients and reduce disparities among minorities. The objective of this administrative supplement is to assess differences among transitions of care by race, focusing on individuals with ADRD after acute hospitalization for hip fracture.

Prior research has not focused on multiple transitions (SNF to HH versus IRF to HH), especially in minority older adults with ADRD following hospitalization after hip fracture.

Study title: Racial Differences in Transition of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias After Hip Fracture   Specific Aims
Funding: The study is funded by NIMHD/NIH 3U54MD012388-04S1
IRB project number: 1665005-5

About the investigators

Julie Baldwin, PhD

Principal Investigator, SHERC
Administrative Core Lead
Recruitment Core Lead
Principal Investigator, SHERC Administrative Supplements
Director, Center for Health Equity Research (CHER)
Regents’ Professor, Department of Health Sciences
Research interests: Community-based participatory research, HIV/AIDS & substance abuse prevention, chronic disease prevention, diverse & rural populations

Amit Kumar, PhD

Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Research interests: Quality of care and health care disparities, impact of patient and provider incentives on quality and equity of care, clinical epidemiology, population health

Pat Pohl, PhD

Co-Investigator
Chair, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Professor, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Research interests: Age-related changes in the control and learning of movement and physical rehabilitation post- stroke

Stephany Shaibi, PhD

Co-Investigator
Assistant Clinical Professor, Director of the Phoenix Bioscience Core Program
Physical Therapy, Phoenix Campus
Research interests: Evaluation and treatment of low back pain and the management of orthopedic conditions in older adults

Indrakshi Roy

Indrakshi Roy, PhD

Co-Investigator
Biostatistician
Research interests: Healthy aging, gerontology, minority populations and policy implications

Amol Karmarker, PhD

Co-Investigator
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Director of Research, Sheltering Arms Institute (SAI)
Research Associate, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center-Richmond, VA Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Research interests: Health Services and Health Policy Research, Health Systems Research, Acute, Post-acute, Outpatient Care, Aging and Disability, Rehabilitation Outcomes, Quality, Efficiency, and Effectiveness of Care Evaluation, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Clinical Trials, Data Science, Secondary Data Analysis: Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Claims, EHR, Longitudinal Survey Data
The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative is a grant-funded initiative of the Center for Health Equity Research at Northern Arizona University. SHERC is supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 3U54MD012388-04S1.

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Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative
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Applied Research & Development
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Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
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