Sue Leurgans
Biographic Data
| ID | 9124089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue Leurgans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue |
| FAMILY NAME | Leurgans |
| SIGNATURE | LEURGANS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rush University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Financial Risk Aversion Among Older Black and White Adults
Older Black adults are more financially risk averse than older White adults. Because risk aversion may be associated with important financial and health outcomes in older age, more research is needed to investigate the reasons for this difference
Decline in Literacy and Incident AD Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons
Declining literacy among community-dwelling older persons predicts adverse cognitive outcomes and serves as an early indicator of impending dementia
Self-reported experiences of everyday discrimination are associated with elevated C-reactive protein levels in older African-American adults
The cost of prematurity
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the extent to which morbidity and costs at birth were associated with plurality, gestational age, and birth-weight with a sample of twins from a large urban hospital. METHODS: Each twin infant was matched to two singleton infants (control [ctrl]-singletons) for payor status and race, and to one singleton infant (gestation [ga]-singleton) for payor status, race, and gestational age; after exclusion of infants who w…
The cost of prematurity
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the extent to which morbidity and costs at birth were associated with plurality, gestational age, and birth-weight with a sample of twins from a large urban hospital. METHODS: Each twin infant was matched to two singleton infants (control [ctrl]-singletons) for payor status and race, and to one singleton infant (gestation [ga]-singleton) for payor status, race, and gestational age; after exclusion of infants who w…
Decline in Literacy and Incident AD Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons
Declining literacy among community-dwelling older persons predicts adverse cognitive outcomes and serves as an early indicator of impending dementia
The cost of prematurity
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the extent to which morbidity and costs at birth were associated with plurality, gestational age, and birth-weight with a sample of twins from a large urban hospital. METHODS: Each twin infant was matched to two singleton infants (control [ctrl]-singletons) for payor status and race, and to one singleton infant (gestation [ga]-singleton) for payor status, race, and gestational age; after exclusion of infants who w…
Self-reported experiences of everyday discrimination are associated with elevated C-reactive protein levels in older African-American adults
Decline in Literacy and Incident AD Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons
Declining literacy among community-dwelling older persons predicts adverse cognitive outcomes and serves as an early indicator of impending dementia
Financial Risk Aversion Among Older Black and White Adults
Older Black adults are more financially risk averse than older White adults. Because risk aversion may be associated with important financial and health outcomes in older age, more research is needed to investigate the reasons for this difference
Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work) · African american (1 work) · Alzheimer's disease (1 work) · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (1 work) · Association (psychology) (1 work) · Birth weight (1 work)