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The publications below, which cite one or more FoCUS tools (LTCFoCUS, MAFoCUS, HHFoCUS), demonstrate their impact on health policy and contribute to academic research.

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Recent Publications

Facility Characteristics of Skilled Nursing Facilities with C. auris Transmission in the State of Maryland from 2019 -2023

Leigh Smith, L Lydecker A, Falvey J, Mbbs SL, Grace B, Perlmutter R, Vaeth E, Rubin J, Blythe D, Roghmann MC (2026)

Nurse staffing disparities in nursing homes: Effects of community distress level and COVID-19 .

Yu Jin Kang PhD, MPH , Karen E. Nielsen PhD , Blake T. McGee PhD, MPH, Huiwen Xu PhD (2026)

Jenny H Kwon, PhD , John R Bowblis, PhD (2026)

Where You Are Matters: Neighborhood Impacts on Nursing Home Staffing Levels

An Approach to Estimating State-Level Medicaid Nursing Home Spending

Risk of Seizure Associated With Concomitant Use of Tramadol and Antidepressants in Older Nursing Home Residents

Yu-Jung Jenny, Almut G. Winterstein, Siegfried Schmidt, Roger B. Fillingim, Michael J. Daniels, Steven T. DeKosky, and Stephan Schmidt (2026)

Hannah C. Ratliff, Kierstdea R. Petzold, Donovan T. Maust, Kali S. Thomas (2026)

Jenny H. Kwon PhD, Xiao Qiu PhD, Samuel Van Vleet PhD (2026)

Associations Between Nursing Home Leadership Turnover and Resident Satisfaction

Association of initiating CYP2D6-metabolized opioids with risks of adverse outcomes in older adults receiving antidepressants: A retrospective cohort study

Yu-Jung Jenny, Almut G. Winterstein, Siegfried Schmidt, Roger B. Fillingim, Michael J. Daniels, Steven T. DeKosky, and Stephan Schmidt (2026)

Jacy A Weems, MPH , Grace F Wittenberg, BS , Rosa R Baier, MPH , Ann Reddy, MPH , Ellen McCreedy, PhD (2026)

The National Dementia Workforce Study: The Plan for Organization Sample Frames and Data Collection

James Wagner, Laura M. Wagner, Sheryl Zimmerman, Johanna van Tyen Silbersack Hickey, Kate Stewart, Sandi Nelson, Ji Qi, Raphael Nishimura, Piotr Dworak, Margaret Hudson, Jennifer Kelley, Heidi Guyer, Amy R. Pettit, Donovan T. Maust, Joanne Spetz (2026)

County Influenza Vaccination Rates and Antibiotic Prescribing Rates in US Nursing Homes

Moderators of Adherence Within a Nursing Home Pragmatic Trial of Personalized Music

Quynh T. Vo, Farzad Noubary, PhD, and Becky A. Briesacher, PhD (2026)

Lauren Smith, MD MAS , Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH , Gary Lin, PhD, MSE , Jason Falvey, DPT, PhD , Brittany Grace, MPH , Jamie Rubin, MS, RN , Elisabeth Vaeth, MPH , Rebecca Perlmutter, MPH , Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS (2026)

P-369. Skilled Nursing Facility Characteristics Associated with Candida auris Transmission in Maryland

Estimating Cost Savings of Care Coordination for Older Adults: Evidence from the Iowa Return to Community Program

Erblin Shehu MS, Brian Kaskie PhD, and Dan M. Shane PhD (2026)

The effects of the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) and COVID-19 on nursing and therapy staffing levels among skilled nursing facilities

Roland Shapley Jr, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Ganisher Davlyatov, Gregory N. Orewa, Jonathan Patterson, Nancy Borkowski (2026)

Nursing Homes Struggled with Maintaining Staffing and Disparities Widened During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Micah Segelman ,PhD , Kristie A. Porter, MPH , Angela Gasdaska, MS , Galina Khatutsky, MS , Zhanlian Feng, PhD , Nathan Rowan, BS, et al. (2025)

Effects of Visitation Restriction on Antipsychotic Drug Use among Nursing Home Residents with ADRD during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tingting Zhang , Christopher M Santostefano , Daniel Harris , Antoinette B Coe , Andrew R Zullo , Lauren B Gerlach , Richa Joshi , Julie P W Bynum , Theresa I Shireman (2025)

Clinicians Who Practice Primarily in Nursing Homes and the Quality of Care for Residents With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias

Hyunkyung Yun , Mark Aaron Unruh , Yuting Qian , Yongkang Zhang , Hye-Young Jung (2025)

Methods for studying health disparities in U.S. nursing homes: a scoping review

Hanne Marie Rostad , Lucille Xiang , Elizabeth M White (2025)

Rachel A. Prusynski, DPT, PhD,Harsha Amaravadi, MPH, Bianca K. Frogner, PhD, Tracy M. Mroz, PhD, OTR/L (2025)

Changing Patient Medical Complexity After Skilled Nursing Facility Payment Reform: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Rachel A Prusynski , Harsha Amaravadi , Tracy M Mroz , Cait Brown 4, Debra Saliba , Natalie E Leland (2025)

Reductions in Therapy Provision in Skilled Nursing Facilities After Medicare Payment Reform and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Rachel A Prusynski, Amaravadi H, Brown C, Leland NE, Saliba D, Frogner BK, Freburger J, Mroz TM (2025)

Rachel A Prusynski , Humbert A, Amaravadi H, Middleton A, Leland NE, Saliba D, Brown C, Freburger J, Mroz TM (2025)

Utilization of agency nursing staff in U.S. nursing homes: Trends and insights

Pradhan R , Ghiasi A, Davlyatov G, Weech-Maldonado R (2025)

Pradhan R , Ghiasi A, Weech-Maldonado R (2025)

The Impact of Nursing Staff Wages on Nursing Home Quality: An Instrumental Variable Approach

Clinician Volume and Outcomes Among Patients Admitted to Nursing Homes for Postacute Care

Peacock B, KimS, Pan Z, Katz P, Jung HY, Ryskina K (2025)

Financial performance of rural and urban nursing homes: A comparative analysis

Orewa GN , Pradhan R, Ghiasi A, Gupta S, Weech-Maldonado R (2025)

The continuous learning needs of personal support workers who care for people living with dementia in long-term care

Norris GSavundranayagam, MY, TeachmanG, Vafaei A (2025)

The OnSPARK Data Platform: A Sector-Governed Infrastructure for Workforce Data for Planning and Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care

Miller M , Poss J, Killingbeck J, Sweetman A, Costa AP (2025)

How Neighborhood Social Deprivation Is Associated With Nursing Home Quality: A Structure, Process, Outcome Model.

Pradhan R , Lord J, Orewa G, Davylatov G, Weech-Maldonado R (2025)

Patient Functional Outcomes in Skilled Nursing Facilities: The Mediating Role of Declining Therapy

Impacts of Skilled Nursing Facility Change of Ownership on Staffing: A Staggered Difference-in-Difference Analysis

Changes in Nursing Home Staffing Instability Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic

Micah Segelman, PhD, Nathan Rowan, BS, Dana B. Mukamel, PhD, Laura M. Wagner, PhD, RN,FA (2025)

Medicaid Expansion and Nursing Homes Through the Lens of U.S. Rural Communities

McFadyen L, Keesee E, Pink G, Stearns S (2025)

Algorithmic decision-making in health care: Evidence from post-acute care in Medicare Advantage

The relationship between agency nursing staff and nursing home financial performance: a longitudinal study

Lord J , Ghiasi A, Pradhan R, Gupta S, Orewa G, Davlyatov G, Weech-Maldonado R (2025)

Jeffery Marr (2025)

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