4030.0 Healthcare Practices and Utilization among Older Adults

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 8:30 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Allan Goldman, MPH

8:30 AM
Trends in colorectal cancer screening among Maryland residents age 65 and older, 2002 – 2006
Carolyn F. Poppell, MS, Fatma Shebl, MD, MS, MHS, Diane M. Dwyer, MD, Annette Hopkins, RN MS, Carmela Groves, RN MS, Min Zhan, PhD and Eileen K. Steinberger, MD MS
        
8:45 AM
Previous cancer screening behavior as predictor of colon cancer screening among women aged 50 and over
Rafael Guerrero-Preston, Dr PH, MPH, Christina Chan, MPH, David Vlahov, PhD, Maria K. Mitchell, PhD, Stephen B. Johnson, MD and Harold Freeman, MD
  
9:00 AM
Changes in utilization of DXA screening for women and identification of risk factors for developing osteopenia and osteoporosis, 1999 through 2006: An upper-Midwest experience
Colleen M. Renier, BS, Ana M. Fernandez, MD and Jeanette A. Palcher, BA
        
9:15 AM
Underdiagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the nursing home
Jeffrey Cohen, MD, Sheikh Jasimuddin, MD, Barbara C. Tommasulo, MD, CMD, LNHA, Yosef Dlugacz, PhD, Charles Cal, RN, MS, MBA, Roshan Hussain, MPH, Edan Shapiro, Avi Singavaparu, Joshua Vernatter and Gisele Wolf-Klein, MD
        
9:30 AM
Who utilizes post-cardiac event rehabilitative services: Comparative statistics from Medicare's Lifestyle Modification Program Demonstration (LMPD)
Sarita Bhalotra, MD, PhD, Gail K. Strickler, MS, PhD, Donald S. Shepard, PhD, Syed Moaven Razavi and Rana Sugghayar, MS
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

See more of: Gerontological Health
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