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Overview

David B. Reuben is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and health professions, with significant contributions across related subfields such as general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry and mental health, economics and econometrics, and epidemiology.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including:

  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Frailty in Older Adults

Reuben has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (26 publications)
  • The Journal of Urology (8 publications)
  • JAMA Internal Medicine (4 publications)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia (4 publications)
  • New England Journal of Medicine (3 publications)

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Reuben illustrate their research scope and topical engagement:

  • Dementia Prevention and Treatment, 2024, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults, 2021, Health Affairs
  • A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Recommendations to Improve Payment Policies for Comprehensive Dementia Care, 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • The Effects of Dementia Care Co-Management on Acute Care, Hospice, and Long-Term Care Utilization, 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Lee A. Jennings
  • Thomas M. Gill
  • Peter Peduzzi
  • Neil S. Wenger
  • Erich J. Greene

Best Publications

  • Explicit criteria for determining inappropriate medication use in nursing home residents. UCLA Division of Geriatric Medicine.

    Mark H. Beers;Joseph G. Ouslander;Irving Rollingher;David B. Reuben

  • An objective measure of physical function of elderly outpatients. The Physical Performance Test.

    David B. Reuben;Albert L. Siu

  • Goal-Oriented Patient Care — An Alternative Health Outcomes Paradigm

    David B. Reuben;Mary E. Tinetti

  • Cumulative biological risk and socio-economic differences in mortality: MacArthur studies of successful aging.

    Teresa E Seeman;Eileen Crimmins;Mei-Hua Huang;Burton Singer

  • Alzheimer's Association recommendations for operationalizing the detection of cognitive impairment during the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit in a primary care setting

    Cyndy B. Cordell;Soo Borson;Malaz Boustani;Malaz Boustani;Joshua Chodosh;Joshua Chodosh

  • The Predictive Validity of Self-Report and Performance-based Measures of Function and Health

    David B. Reuben;Albert L. Siu;Sokkun Kimpau

  • Value of functional status as a predictor of mortality: Results of a prospective study☆

    David B. Reuben;Lisa V. Rubenstein;Susan H. Hirsch;Ron D. Hays

  • Clinical symptoms and length of survival in patients with terminal cancer.

    David B. Reuben;Vincent Mor;Jeff Hiris

  • Dyspnea in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

    David B. Reuben;Vincent Mor

  • Inappropriate medication prescribing in skilled-nursing facilities.

    Mark H. Beers;Joseph G. Ouslander;Susan F. Fingold;Hal Morgenstern

  • Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions (PEPPI): Validation of an Instrument in Older Persons

    Rose C. Maly;Janet C. Frank;Grant N. Marshall;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Physician recognition of cognitive impairment: evaluating the need for improvement.

    Joshua Chodosh;Diana B. Petitti;Marc N. Elliott;Ron D. Hays

  • Peripheral blood markers of inflammation predict mortality and functional decline in high-functioning community-dwelling older persons.

    David B. Reuben;Anna I. Cheh;Tamara B. Harris;Luigi Ferrucci

  • Patients' global ratings of their health care are not associated with the technical quality of their care.

    John T. Chang;Ron D. Hays;Paul G. Shekelle;Catherine H. MacLean

  • Measuring physical function in community-dwelling older persons : a comparison of self-administered, interviewer-administered, and performance-based measures

    David B. Reuben;Laura A. Valle;Ron D. Hays;Albert L. Siu;Albert L. Siu

  • Longitudinal Patterns and Predictors of Alcohol Consumption in the United States

    Alison A. Moore;Robert Gould;David B. Reuben;Gail A. Greendale

  • A randomized clinical trial of outpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment coupled with an intervention to increase adherence to recommendations.

    David B. Reuben;Janet C. Frank;Susan H. Hirsch;Kimberly A. McGuigan

  • The Quality of Pharmacologic Care for Vulnerable Older Patients

    Takahiro Higashi;Paul G Shekelle;David H Solomon;Eric L Knight

  • A randomized trial of comprehensive geriatric assessment in the care of hospitalized patients.

    David B. Reuben;Gerald M. Borok;Girma Wolde-Tsadik;Daniel H. Ershoff

  • Multimorbidity in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease

    Daniel E. Forman;Mathew S. Maurer;Cynthia Boyd;Ralph Brindis

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil S. Wenger
Neil S. Wenger University of California, Los Angeles
Ron D. Hays
Ron D. Hays University of California, Los Angeles
Gail A. Greendale
Gail A. Greendale University of California, Los Angeles
Emmett B. Keeler
Emmett B. Keeler RAND Corporation
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
Paul G. Shekelle
Paul G. Shekelle RAND Corporation
Albert L. Siu
Albert L. Siu Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David H. Solomon
David H. Solomon University of California, Los Angeles
Robert B. Wallace
Robert B. Wallace University of Iowa
Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore

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