Publications

Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Spending and Nursing Home Use by Individuals Under the Age of 44.
Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing. 2025 Jan-Dec;62:469580251323779 Epub 2025 Mar 12; Authors: Kim S, Pan Z, Koney-Laryea N, Jung HY, Jan S, Ryskina KL

Association between discontinuity in clinicians and outcomes of nursing home residents.
Health affairs scholar. 2024 Nov;2(11):qxae139 Epub 2024 Nov 1; Authors: Yun H, Unruh MA, Ryskina KL, Jung HY

Nursing Home Compare star ratings before versus after a change in nursing home ownership.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024 Oct;72(10):3078-3088 Epub 2024 Jul 29; Authors: Ryskina KL, Tu E, Liang J, Kim S, Werner RM

Geriatric conditions and healthcare utilization among older adults living in subsidized housing.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024 Aug;72(8):2446-2459 Epub 2024 Jun 7; Authors: Kler SE, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Ryskina KL, Young Jeon S, Patel K, Cudjoe TKM, Ritchie CS, Harrison KL, Boscardin WJ, Brown RT

State scope of practice restrictions and nurse practitioner practice in nursing homes: 2012-2019.
Health affairs scholar. 2024 Feb;2(2):qxae018 Epub 2024 Feb 12; Authors: Ryskina KL, Liang J, Ritter AZ, Spetz J, Barnes H

Emergency department visits by older adults receiving postacute care in skilled nursing facilities.
Journal of hospital medicine. 2024 Jan;19(1):40-44 Epub 2023 Oct 22; Authors: Tian Y, Shultz K, Ryskina K

Association between Timing of Clinical Evaluation by a Physician or Advanced Practitioner and Risk of Rehospitalization in Older Adults Admitted to a Skilled Nursing Facility Following Hospitalization: A Cohort Study.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2023 Dec;24(12):1881-1887 Epub 2023 Oct 11; Authors: Ryskina KL, Geng Z, Raghavan S, Waddell KJ, Burke RE

Potentially Harmful Medication Prescribing by the Degree of Physician Specialization in Nursing Home Practice: An Observational Study.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2023 Aug;24(8):1240-1246.e2 Epub 2023 Apr 20; Authors: Ryskina K, Lo D, Zhang T, Gerlach L, Bynum J, Shireman TI

Potentially avoidable emergency department use by patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities.
Journal of hospital medicine. 2023 Jun;18(6):524-527 Epub 2023 Apr 25; Authors: Tian Y, Ayyappan V, Hemmert K, Myers J, Gitelman Y, Ryskina K

Use of Clinicians Who Focus on Nursing Home Care Among US Nursing Homes and Unplanned Rehospitalization.
JAMA network open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2318265; Authors: Kim S, Ryskina KL, Jung HY

Disparities in access to specialty care and emergency department use after hospital discharge to a skilled nursing facility.
Journal of hospital medicine. 2023 Feb;18(2):111-119 Epub 2022 Nov 20; Authors: Krickus C, Aysola J, Ryskina K

US Generalist Physicians and Groups That Focused Practice in a Single Care Setting: 2014-2017.
Medical care. 2022 Nov 1;60(11):831-838 Epub 2022 Sep 6; Authors: Ryskina KL, Unruh MA, Qian Y, Jung HY

Benzodiazepine and antipsychotic use among hospitalized older adults before versus after restricting visitation: March to May 2020.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022 Oct;70(10):2988-2995 Epub 2022 Jul 1; Authors: Brown RT, Shultz K, Karlawish J, Zhou Y, Xie D, Ryskina KL

Factors Associated with Potentially Harmful Medication Prescribing in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2022 Sep;23(9):1589.e1-1589.e10 Epub 2022 Jul 20; Authors: Lipori JP, Tu E, Shireman TI, Gerlach L, Coe AB, Ryskina KL

Transitional care innovation for Medicaid-insured individuals: early findings.
BMJ open quality. 2022 Aug;11(3); Authors: Brooks Carthon JM, Brom H, French R, Daus M, Grantham-Murillo M, Bennett J, Ryskina K, Ponietowicz E, Cacchione P

Gender Disparity in Lead Authorship Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: No News Is Bad News?
Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Aug;37(11):2908-2910 Epub 2022 Apr 11; Authors: Ryskina KL, Anderson J, Stites SD, Brown RT

Characterizing Physician Practice in Nursing Homes Using Claims-Based Measures: Correlation With Nursing Home Administrators' Perceptions.
Medical care research and review : MCRR. 2021 Dec;78(6):806-815 Epub 2020 Sep 27; Authors: Ryskina KL, Song W, Sharma V, Yuan Y, Intrator O

Practice Trends and Characteristics of US Hospitalists From 2012 to 2018.
JAMA health forum. 2021 Nov;2(11):e213524 Epub 2021 Nov 5; Authors: Ryskina KL, Shultz K, Unruh MA, Jung HY

Older adults' access to primary care: Gender, racial, and ethnic disparities in telemedicine.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021 Oct;69(10):2732-2740 Epub 2021 Jul 8; Authors: Ryskina KL, Shultz K, Zhou Y, Lautenbach G, Brown RT

The Prevalence and Characteristics of Clinicians Who Provide Care in Assisted Living Facilities, 2014-2017.
Journal of general internal medicine. 2021 Aug;36(8):2514-2516 Epub 2020 Sep 1; Authors: Unruh MA, Qian Y, Casalino LP, Katz PR, Ryskina KL, Jung HY

Medical Care Delivery in U.S. Nursing Homes: Current and Future Practice.
The Gerontologist. 2021 Jun 2;61(4):595-604; Authors: Katz PR, Ryskina K, Saliba D, Costa A, Jung HY, Wagner LM, Unruh MA, Smith BJ, Moser A, Spetz J, Feldman S, Karuza J

Characteristics of Nursing Homes by COVID-19 Cases Among Staff: March to August 2020.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2021 May;22(5):960-965.e1 Epub 2021 Feb 11; Authors: Ryskina KL, Yun H, Wang H, Chen AT, Jung HY

Nursing Home Characteristics Associated With Resident COVID-19 Morbidity in Communities With High Infection Rates.
JAMA network open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e211555; Authors: Chen AT, Yun H, Ryskina KL, Jung HY

US Physicians with Recent Experience Managing Hospitalized Older Adults: an Observational Study.
Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Dec;35(12):3747-3749 Epub 2020 Sep 19; Authors: Ryskina KL, Bhatla A, Werner RM

Hospital and ICU patient volume per physician at peak of COVID pandemic: State-level estimates.
Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2020 Dec;8(4):100489 Epub 2020 Oct 22; Authors: Bhatla A, Ryskina KL

Expectations and experiences with physician care among patients receiving post-acute care in US skilled nursing facilities.
BMC geriatrics. 2020 Nov 10;20(1):463; Authors: Ryskina KL, Foley KA, Karlawish JH, Uy JD, Lott B, Goldberg E, Hodgson NA

Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Nursing Home Physicians: Insight from Yelp Reviews, 2009-2018.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2020 Sep;68(9):2101-2105 Epub 2020 Jun 16; Authors: Ryskina KL, Wang H, Foley KA, Merchant RM

Long-Term Care, Residential Facilities, and COVID-19: An Overview of Federal and State Policy Responses.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2020 Sep;21(9):1186-1190 Epub 2020 Jul 4; Authors: Chen AT, Ryskina KL, Jung HY

Diagnostic Testing During Pediatric Hospitalizations: The Role of Attending In-House Coverage and Daytime Exposure.
Academic pediatrics. 2020 May-Jun;20(4):508-515 Epub 2019 Oct 21; Authors: Ryskina KL, Dynan L, Stein R, Fieldston E, Palakshappa D

Association of Online Consumer Reviews of Skilled Nursing Facilities With Patient Rehospitalization Rates.
JAMA network open. 2020 May 1;3(5):e204682; Authors: Ryskina KL, Andy AU, Manges KA, Foley KA, Werner RM, Merchant RM

Variability in Transitional Care Outcomes Across Hospitals Discharging Veterans to Skilled Nursing Facilities.
Medical care. 2020 Apr;58(4):301-306; Authors: Burke RE, Canamucio A, Glorioso TJ, Barón AE, Ryskina KL

Hospitalist Vs. Non-Hospitalist Care Outcomes and Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities in 2012-2014.
Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Jan;35(1):214-219 Epub 2019 Oct 21; Authors: Ryskina KL, Yuan Y, Polsky D, Werner RM

Transitional Care Outcomes in Veterans Receiving Post-Acute Care in a Skilled Nursing Facility.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2019 Sep;67(9):1820-1826 Epub 2019 May 10; Authors: Burke RE, Canamucio A, Glorioso TJ, Barón AE, Ryskina KL

Association Between Clinician Specialization in Nursing Home Care and Nursing Home Clinical Quality Scores.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2019 Aug;20(8):1007-1012.e2 Epub 2019 Feb 7; Authors: Ryskina KL, Lam C, Jung HY

Postacute care outcomes and medicare payments for patients treated by physicians and advanced practitioners who specialize in nursing home practice.
Health services research. 2019 Jun;54(3):564-574 Epub 2019 Mar 20; Authors: Ryskina KL, Yuan Y, Werner RM

Association of Medicare Spending With Subspecialty Consultation for Elderly Hospitalized Adults.
JAMA network open. 2019 Apr 5;2(4):e191634; Authors: Ryskina KL, Yuan Y, Werner RM

Assessing First Visits By Physicians To Medicare Patients Discharged To Skilled Nursing Facilities.
Health affairs (Project Hope). 2019 Apr;38(4):528-536; Authors: Ryskina KL, Yuan Y, Teng S, Burke R

Seeking a stable foundation to build on: 1(st)-Year residents' views of high-value care teaching.
Education for health (Abingdon, England). 2019 Jan-Apr;32(1):11-17; Authors: Perez R, Aizenberg D, Davis T, Ryskina KL

Relationship Between Institutional Investment in High-Value Care (HVC) Performance Improvement and Internal Medicine Residents' Perceptions of HVC Training.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 2018 Oct;93(10):1517-1523; Authors: Ryskina KL, Smith CD, Arora VM, Zaas AK, Halvorsen AJ, Weissman A, Wahi-Gururaj S

Effect of Social Comparison Feedback on Laboratory Test Ordering for Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of general internal medicine. 2018 Oct;33(10):1639-1645 Epub 2018 May 22; Authors: Ryskina K, Jessica Dine C, Gitelman Y, Leri D, Patel M, Kurtzman G, Lin LY, Epstein AJ

The Use of Individual Provider Performance Reports by US Hospitals.
Journal of hospital medicine. 2018 Aug 1;13(8):562-565 Epub 2018 Feb 7; Authors: Rolnick JA, Ryskina KL

The Role of the Physician in Patient Perceptions of Barriers to Primary Adherence With Acne Medications.
JAMA dermatology. 2018 Apr 1;154(4):456-459; Authors: Ryskina KL, Goldberg E, Lott B, Hermann D, Barbieri JS, Lipoff JB

Physician Experiences With High Value Care in Internal Medicine Residency: Mixed-Methods Study of 2003-2013 Residency Graduates.
Teaching and learning in medicine. 2018 Jan-Mar;30(1):57-66 Epub 2017 Jul 28; Authors: Ryskina KL, Holmboe ES, Shea JA, Kim E, Long JA

Association Between 5-Star Nursing Home Report Card Ratings and Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations.
Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing. 2018 Jan-Dec;55:46958018787323; Authors: Ryskina KL, Konetzka RT, Werner RM

Physicians and Advanced Practitioners Specializing in Nursing Home Care, 2012-2015.
JAMA. 2017 Nov 28;318(20):2040-2042; Authors: Ryskina KL, Polsky D, Werner RM

Internal Medicine Resident Engagement with a Laboratory Utilization Dashboard: Mixed Methods Study.
Journal of hospital medicine. 2017 Sep;12(9):743-746; Authors: Kurtzman G, Dine J, Epstein A, Gitelman Y, Leri D, Patel MS, Ryskina K

US internists' awareness and use of overtreatment guidelines: a national survey.
The American journal of managed care. 2017 Jul;23(7):420-427; Authors: Ryskina KL, Holmboe ES, Bernabeo E, Werner RM, Shea JA, Long JA

Telephone vs. Web-based prescreening predicts early but not overall physician response to a mailed survey.
Journal of clinical epidemiology. 2016 Dec;80:134-135 Epub 2016 Aug 3; Authors: Bonuedie H, Kim E, Long J, Ryskina K

U.S. Internal Medicine Residents' Knowledge and Practice of High-Value Care: A National Survey.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 2015 Oct;90(10):1373-9; Authors: Ryskina KL, Smith CD, Weissman A, Post J, Dine CJ, Bollmann K, Korenstein D

Effect of Attending Practice Style on Generic Medication Prescribing by Residents in the Clinic Setting: An Observational Study.
Journal of general internal medicine. 2015 Sep;30(9):1286-93; Authors: Ryskina KL, Dine CJ, Kim EJ, Bishop TF, Epstein AJ

The role of training environment care intensity in US physician cost consciousness.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. 2015 Mar;90(3):313-20 Epub 2015 Jan 26; Authors: Ryskina KL, Halpern SD, Minyanou NS, Goold SD, Tilburt JC

Development of a high-value care subscore on the internal medicine in-training examination.
Annals of internal medicine. 2014 Nov 18;161(10):733-9; Authors: Ryskina KL, Korenstein D, Weissman A, Masters P, Alguire P, Smith CD

Brand Name Statin Prescribing in a Resident Ambulatory Practice: Implications for Teaching Cost-Conscious Medicine.
Journal of graduate medical education. 2014 Sep;6(3):484-8; Authors: Ryskina KL, Pesko MF, Gossey JT, Caesar EP, Bishop TF

Physicians’ lack of awareness of how they are paid: implications for new models of reimbursement.
JAMA internal medicine. 2013 Oct 14;173(18):1745-6; Authors: Ryskina KL, Bishop TF

Routine management of stricture after gastric bypass and predictors of subsequent weight loss.
Surgical endoscopy. 2010 Mar;24(3):554-60 Epub 2009 Jul 8; Authors: Ryskina KL, Miller KM, Aisenberg J, Herron DM, Kini SU

Quality of diabetes care at a student-run free clinic.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 2009 Nov;20(4):969-81; Authors: Ryskina KL, Meah YS, Thomas DC

Patient outcomes and evidence-based medicine in a preferred provider organization setting: a six-year evaluation of a physician pay-for-performance program.
Health services research. 2007 Dec;42(6 Pt 1):2140-59; discussion 2294-323; Authors: Gilmore AS, Zhao Y, Kang N, Ryskina KL, Legorreta AP, Taira DA, Chung RS

Linking the US transplant registry to administrative claims data: expanding the potential of transplant research.
Medical care. 2007 Jun;45(6):529-36; Authors: Gilmore AS, Helderman JH, Ricci JF, Ryskina KL, Feng S, Kang N, Legorreta AP

Association between common asthma therapies and recurrent asthma exacerbations in children enrolled in a state Medicaid plan.
American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 2007 May 15;64(10):1054-61; Authors: Camargo CA Jr, Ramachandran S, Ryskina KL, Lewis BE, Legorreta AP

Aligning financial incentives with quality of care in the hospital setting.
Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. 2006 Mar-Apr;28(2):36-44, 51; Authors: Berthiaume JT, Chung RS, Ryskina KL, Walsh J, Legorreta AP

Asthma-related exacerbations, therapy switching, and therapy discontinuation: a comparison of 3 commonly used controller regimens.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. 2005 Dec;95(6):535-40; Authors: O'Connor RD, Rosenzweig JR, Stanford RH, Gilmore AS, Ryskina KL, Legorreta AP, Stempel DA

Adherence to asthma controller medication regimens.
Respiratory medicine. 2005 Oct;99(10):1263-7 Epub 2005 Apr 12; Authors: Stempel DA, Stoloff SW, Carranza Rosenzweig JR, Stanford RH, Ryskina KL, Legorreta AP