Comparative Study
        Carpenter, G. I., Ikegami, N., Ljunggren, G., Carrillo, E., Fries, B. E. 1997. RUG-III and resource allocation: comparing the relationship of direct care time with patient characteristics in five countries. Age & Ageing.  26 (Suppl 2) 61-5.  
          Fries, B. E., Hawes, C., Morris, J. N., Phillips, C. D., Mor, V., Park, P. S. 1997. Effect of the National Resident Assessment Instrument on selected health conditions and problems. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  45 (8) 994-1001.  
          Fries, B. E., Schroll, M., Hawes, C., Gilgen, R., Jonsson, P. V., Park, P. 1997. Approaching cross-national comparisons of nursing home residents. Age & Ageing.  26 (Suppl 2) 13-8.  
          Berg, K., Sherwood, S., Murphy, K., Carpenter, G. I., Gilgen, R., Phillips, C. D. 1997. Rehabilitation in nursing homes: a cross-national comparison of recipients. Age & Ageing.  26 (Suppl 2) 37-42.  
          Bernabei, R., Murphy, K., Frijters, D., DuPaquier, J. N., Gardent, H. 1997. Variation in training programmes for Resident Assessment Instrument implementation. Age Ageing.  26 Suppl 2 () 31-5.  
          Blaum, C. S., O'Neill, E. F., Clements, K. M., Fries, B. E., Fiatarone, M. A. 1997. Validity of the minimum data set for assessing nutritional status in nursing home residents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  66 (4) 787-94.  
          Phillips, C. D., Hawes, C., Mor, V., Fries, B. E., Morris, J. N., Nennstiel, M. E. 1996. Facility and area variation affecting the use of physical restraints in nursing homes. Medical Care.  34 (11) 1149-62.  
          Frederiksen, K., Tariot, P., De Jonghe, E. 1996. Minimum Data Set Plus (MDS+) scores compared with scores from five rating scales. J Am Geriatr Soc.  44 (3) 305-9.  
          Williams, B. C., Fries, B. E., Mehr, D. R. 1993. Length of stay in VA nursing homes. Comparative characteristics of brief-, medium-, and long-stay residents. Journal of Aging & Health.  5 (2) 208-28.  
          Hartmaier, S. L., Sloane, P. D., Guess, H. A., Koch, G. G. 1994. The MDS Cognition Scale: a valid instrument for identifying and staging nursing home residents with dementia using the minimum data set.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  42 (11) 1173-9.