Louise C Walter
Biographic Data
| ID | 6070440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louise C Walter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louise C |
| FAMILY NAME | Walter |
| SIGNATURE | WALTER L C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, San Francisco |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9642-6238 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Medication Prescribing Practices for Older Prisoners in the Texas Prison System
Objectives. We sought to assess appropriateness of medication prescribing for older Texas prisoners. Methods. In this 12-month cross-sectional study of 13 117 prisoners (aged ≥ 55 years), we assessed medication use with Zhan criteria and compared our results to prior studies of community prescribing. We assessed use of indicated medications with 6 Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders indicators. Results. Inappropriate medications were prescribed t…
Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Screening Mammography Use in Older US Women
Objectives. We evaluated mammography rates for cognitively impaired women in the context of their life expectancies, given that guidelines do not recommend screening mammography in women with limited life expectancies because harms outweigh benefits. Methods. We evaluated Medicare claims for women aged 70 years or older from the 2002 wave of the Health and Retirement Study to determine which women had screening mammography. We calculated populati…
Medication Prescribing Practices for Older Prisoners in the Texas Prison System
Objectives. We sought to assess appropriateness of medication prescribing for older Texas prisoners. Methods. In this 12-month cross-sectional study of 13 117 prisoners (aged ≥ 55 years), we assessed medication use with Zhan criteria and compared our results to prior studies of community prescribing. We assessed use of indicated medications with 6 Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders indicators. Results. Inappropriate medications were prescribed t…
Medication Prescribing Practices for Older Prisoners in the Texas Prison System
Objectives. We sought to assess appropriateness of medication prescribing for older Texas prisoners. Methods. In this 12-month cross-sectional study of 13 117 prisoners (aged ≥ 55 years), we assessed medication use with Zhan criteria and compared our results to prior studies of community prescribing. We assessed use of indicated medications with 6 Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders indicators. Results. Inappropriate medications were prescribed t…
Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Screening Mammography Use in Older US Women
Objectives. We evaluated mammography rates for cognitively impaired women in the context of their life expectancies, given that guidelines do not recommend screening mammography in women with limited life expectancies because harms outweigh benefits. Methods. We evaluated Medicare claims for women aged 70 years or older from the 2002 wave of the Health and Retirement Study to determine which women had screening mammography. We calculated populati…
Gerontology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · AI in cancer detection (1 works) · Breast cancer (1 works) · Cancer (1 works) · Cognition (1 works) · Cognitive impairment (1 works) · Confidence interval (1 works) · Context (archaeology) (1 works)