HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE IN THE ELDERLY

Primary Source of Funding: Eli Lilly and Company
Total Project Period: February 1997 – July 2001
Division of Research Principal Investigator: Bruce Ettinger, MD
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine reasons how and why elderly (65 years and older) begin and stop using HRT and to contrast them with women 50-55 years of age.

Primary Source of Funding: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Total Project Period: May 1996 – August 2003
Division of Research Principal Investigator: Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
Description: This case-control study examined fractures of the distal forearm, foot, proximal humerus, pelvis, and shaft of the tibia and fibula among females and males of age 45 years and older in an ethnically diverse population.

Division of Research Principal Investigator: Enid M. Hunkeler, MA
Primary Source of Funding: California Healthcare Foundation
Total Project Period: January 1999 – July 2004
Description: This study compared disease management of depression in primary care to usual care in the treatment of older adults, particularly minority and severely chronically ill elderly.