International RAI-publications
Updated 12.2.09
Alanen HM, Finne-Soveri H, Noro A, Leinonen E. 2006.Use of antipsychotics among nonagenarian residents in long-term institutional care in Finland. Age Ageing. Jun 28; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 16807310 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Alanen H-M, Finne-Soveri H, Noro A, Leinonen E. 2006. Use of antipsychotic medications among elderly residents in long-term institutional care: A three-year follow-up. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 21(3):288-295.
Björkgren, M. A., Fries, B. E., Häkkinen, U. Brommels, M. 2004.Case-mix adjustment and efficiency measurement. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 32: 464-471.
Björkgren, M. A., Häkkinen, U. Linna, M. 2001. Measuring efficiency of long-term units in Finland. Health Care Management Science 4, 193–200.
Björkgren, M. A., Fries, B. E. Shugarman, L. R. 2000. A RUG-III case-mix system for home care. Canadian Journal on Aging 19 (suppl. 2), 106-125.
Björkgren, M. A., Häkkinen, U., Finne-Soveri, U. H. Fries, B. E. 1999. Validity and Reliability of Resource Utilization Groups (RUG-III) in Finnish Long-Term Care Facilities. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 27, 228–234.
Bos JT, Frijters DHM, Wagner C, Carpenter GI, Finne-Soveri H, Topinkova E, Garms-Homolova V, Henrerd J-C, Jonsson PV, Sorbye L, Ljunggren G, Schroll G, Gambassi G, Bernabei R. Variations in quality of home care between sites across Europe, as measured by Home Care Quality Indicators. Aging Clin Res. 2007;19(4):323-9.
Carpenter, GI., Gambassi, G., Topinkova, E., Scroll, M., Finne-Soveri, H., Henrard, J-C., Garms-Homolova, V., Jonsson, P., Frijters, D., Ljunggren, G., Søreby, LW., Wagner, C., Onder, G., Pedone, C., Bernabei, R. 2004. Community care in Europe. The Aged in HOmes Care project (AdHOC) AGING Clin Exp Res. 16:259-269.
Cooper C, Katona C, Finne-Soveri H, Topinkova E, Carpenter GI, Livingston G. 2006. Indicators of Elder Abuse: A Crossnational Comparison of Psychiatric Morbidity and Other Determinants in the Ad-HOC Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. Jun;14(6):489-97.
Fialová D., Topinková E., Gambassi G., Finne-Soveri H., Jónsson PV., Carpenter I., Schroll M., Onder G., Sørbye LW., Wagner C., Reissigová J., Bernabei R.. 2005. For AdHOC project research group. 2005. Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use among Home Care Elderly Patients in Europe. JAMA. 293:1348–1358.
Finne-Soveri H., Noro A., Jonsson, Palmi V., Ljunggren, Gunnar G., Vengnes E., Jensdóttir A-B., Björkgren M., Lindman K., Schroll M., Wergeland S., Liv. 2008. Nord RAI Network and Research in the Care for Older People Final Report 1998-2008. Verkkojulkaisu. Stakes : Helsinki. Raportteja 27/2008.
Finne-Soveri H, Pitkälä K. Response to Dr Banik Pain 2007;5132(3):338.
Finne-Soveri H, Sorbye L. W., Jonsson P. V., Carpenter G. I., Bernabei R. Increased work-load associated with faecal incontinence among home care patients in 11 European countries The European Journal of Public Health 2007; doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm085.
Finne-Soveri H. Pitkälä K. Is old age a blessing for persons with painful conditions? Pain 2007;129:3-4.
Finne-Soveri, U.H, Ljunggren, G., Schroll, M., Jónsson, P.V., Hjaltadottir, I., El Kholy, K. Tilvis, R.S. 2000. Pain and its Association with Disability in Institutional Long-Term Care in Four Nordic Countries. Canadian Journal of Aging 19 (Suppl. 2), 38–49.
Finne-Soveri, U.H. Tilvis, R.S. 1999. Predictability of death in end-stage dementia: patient characteristics and work-load associated with the condition. International Journal of Psychopharmacology 2, 5-9.
Finne-Soveri, U.H. Tilvis, R. S. 1998. How accurate is the terminal prognosis in the minimum data set? J Am Geriatric Soc 46, 1023–1024.
Finne-Soveri, U.H. Tilvis, R.S. 1998. Daily pain, its associates and impact on work load in institutional long-term care. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 27, 105–114.
Fries BE, Morris JN, Bernabei R, Finne-Soveri H, Hirdes J; for the interRAI consortium. Rethinking the resident assessment protocols. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(7):1139-40.
Heponiemi T, Elovainio M, Laine J Pekkarinen L, Eccles M Noro A, Finne-Soveri H, Sinervo T. Productivity and Employee's Organisational justice perceptions in long-term care for elderly. Res Nurs Health 2007;00:1-10
Heponiemi T, Elovainio M, Pekkarinen L, Noro A, Finne-Soveri H, Sinervo T. 2006. The moderating effect of employee hostility on the association of long-term elderly care unit's negative resident characteristics to employee stress and well-being. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 11(2):157-68.
Henrard JC, Ankri J, Frijters D, Carpenter I, Topinkova E, Garms-Homolova V, Finne-Soveri H, Sörbye LW, Jonsson PV; Ljunggren G, Schroll M, Wagner C, Bernabei R. 2006. Proposal of a service delivery integration index of home care for older persons: application in several European cities. Int J Interg Care.11.
Häkkinen, U., Martikainen, P., Noro, A., Nihtilä, E., Peltola, M. 2008. Aging, health expenditure, proximity to death, and income in Finland. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 3: 165-195.
Jonsson PV, Finne-Soveri H, Jensdottir AB, Ljunggren G, Bucht G, Grue EV, Noro A, Bjornson J, Jonsen E, Schroll M. 2006. Co-morbidity and functional limitation in older patients underreported in medical records in Nordic Acute Care Hospitals when compared with the MDS-AC instrument. Age Ageing. Mar 15.
Kerttula A-M, Lyytikäinen O, Virolainen A, Finne-Soveri H, Agthe N and Vuopio-Varkila J. 2007. Staphylococcus aureus colonization among nursing home residents in a large Finnish nursing home. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 39:11, 996-1001. Article.
Laakkonen M-L, Finne-Soveri UH, Noro A, Tilvis RS, Pitkälä K. 2004. Advance orders to limit therapy in 67 long-term care facilities in Finland. Resuscitation. 61(4):333-339.
Laine, J. 2005. Benchmarking and Measuring the Performance of Elderly Care Units in Finland: Productivity, Productive Efficiency and Quality of Care in 2000-2003. In Health Economics, Management and Policy. Edited by Yfantopoulos, J.N. Papanikos, G.T. ATINER. Greece, 75-88.
Laine, J., Finne-Soveri, H., Björkgren, M., Linna, M., Noro, A. Häkkinen, U. 2005. The Association between Quality of Care and Technical Efficiency in Long-Term Care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 17(3): 259-267.
Laine, J., Linna, M., Häkkinen, U. Noro, A. 2005. Measuring the productive efficiency and clinical quality of institutional long-term care for the elderly. Health Economics 14: 245-256
Laine, J., Linna, M., Noro, A. Häkkinen, U. 2005. The Cost Efficiency and Clinical Quality of Institutional Long-Term Care for the Elderly. Health Care Management Science 8, 149-156.
Laine, J., Noro, A., Finne-Soveri, H. Häkkinen, U. 2005. Patient- and wardlevel determinants of nursing time in nursing facilities. Journal on Health Services Research Policy 10(4):226-231.
Laine, J., Linna, M., Häkkinen, U. Noro, A. 2002. The Efficiency and Quality of the Institutional Long term Care for the Elderly. The European Journal of health Economics, Vol.3. Supplement. Springer.
Onder G, Landi F, Gambassi G, Liperoti R, Soldato M, Catananti C, Finne-Soveri H, Katona C, Carpenter I, Bernabei R. 2005. Related Articles, Links Association between pain and depression among older adults in Europe: results from the Aged in Home Care (AdHOC) project: a cross-sectional study. J Clin Psychiatry. Aug;66(8):982-8.
Onder G, Landi F, Gambassi G, Liperoti L, Soldato M, Catananti C, Finne-Soveri H, Carpenter I, Bernabei R. 2005. Association Between Pain and Depression Among Older Adults in Europe: Results From the Aged in Home Care (AdHOC) Project: A Cross-Sectional Study.J Clin Psychiatry. 66(8):982-988.
Pekkarinen, L., Sinervo, T., Elovainio, M., Noro, A., Finne-Soveri, H. 2008. Drug use and pressure ulcers in long-term care units: do nurse time pressure and unfair management increase the prevalence? Journal og Clinical Nursing, 17, 3067-3073.
Pekkarinen L, Elovainio M, Sinervo T, Finne-Soveri H, Noro A. 2006. Nursing Working Conditions in Relation to Restraint Practices in Long-Term Care Units.Med Care. Dec;44(12):1114-1120.
Pekkarinen L, Sinervo T Elovainio M, Noro A, Finne-Soveri H. Leskinen E. 2006 Sep. Resident care needs and work stressors in special care units versus non-specialized long-term care units. Res Nurs Health.14;29(5):465-476.
Pitkälä KH, Strandberg TE, Finne-Soveri UH, Ouwehand AC, Poussa T, Saminen S. Fermented cereal wih specific bifodobacteria normalzes bowel movements in elderly nursing home reidents. A randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Ageing 2007;11(4):305-11.
Ristola,M.,Kontiainen,S.,Anttila,P.,Finne-Soveri,H., Kylävaara, P.,Sipilä,P.,Salo,E.,Sammalkorpi,K. 1995. Clostridium Difficile-ripuli. Suom Lääkärilehti. 50: 1115-1118.
Sorbye LW, Schroll M, Finne-Soveri H, Jonnson PV, Ljunggren G, Topinkova E, Bernabei R; The AdHOC Project Research Group. Home care needs of extremely obese elderly European women.Menopause Int. 2007 Jun;13(2):84-7.
Søreby LW, Finne-Soveri H., Ljunggren G., Topinková E., Bernabei R. 2005. Indwelling catheter use in home care: elderly aged 65, in 11 different countries in Europe. Age and Ageing. 34: 377-381.
Suominen M.H., Muurinen S.M, Routasalo P.E, Soini H.H, Suur-Uski I.A, Peiponen A.S, Finne-Soveri U.H, Pitkälä K.H. 2005. Malnutrition and associated factors among aged residents in all nursing homes in Helsinki. The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 59(4):578-583.
Vähäkangas, P.,Noro, A., Finne-Soveri, H. 2008. Daily rehabilitation nursing increases the nursing time spent on residents. International Journal of Nursing Practice 14: 157-164.
Vähäkangas, P., Noro, A., Finne-Soveri, H., Björkgren, M. 2007. Association Between Rehabilitation Care Practices and Care Quality in Long-term Care Facilities. J Nurs Care Qual, Vol. 23, No.2, pp.155-161.
Vähäkangas P, Noro A, Finne-Soveri H. 2006. Denrehabiliterande vården på äldrevårdsinstitutioner i Finland.Vård i focus. 1:4-8.
Vähäkangas P., Noro A., Björkgren M. 2006. Provision of rehabilitation nursing in long-term care facilities. Journal of Advanced Nursing 55 (1), 29-35.