Elizabeth M La, Jonathan Graham, Mei Grace, Eleftherios Zarkadoulas, Neha Shah
{"title":"Public Health Impact of Adjuvanted RSVPreF3 Vaccination Among US Adults Aged ≥60 Years Residing in Long-Term Care Settings.","authors":"Elizabeth M La, Jonathan Graham, Mei Grace, Eleftherios Zarkadoulas, Neha Shah","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Adults aged ≥60 years and adults with certain health conditions are at increased risk for severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease, which can have a substantial clinical burden. Residents in long-term care settings often have multiple risk factors, including age ≥60 years, underlying health conditions, and/or frailty, compounding risk for severe RSV disease. This study evaluated the public health impact of adjuvanted RSV prefusion F3 (RSVPreF3) vaccination on averted RSV disease burden.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Public health impact analysis using a static, multicohort Markov model.</p><p><strong>Setting and participants: </strong>United States (US) adults aged ≥60 years residing in long-term care settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adjuvanted RSVPreF3 vaccination vs no vaccination was simulated over 5 years using real-world RSV vaccination uptake data. Other model inputs have been previously validated and reported. This analysis estimated avoided RSV-related health outcomes due to vaccination, as well as the number needed to vaccinate (NNV) to avoid RSV-related outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the modeled 2,113,600 US adults aged ≥60 years residing in long-term care settings, 378,656 were simulated to receive 1 dose of adjuvanted RSVPreF3. RSV vaccination resulted in 33,989 fewer RSV cases, including 7688 fewer RSV-upper respiratory tract disease cases and 26,302 fewer RSV-lower respiratory tract disease cases (RSV-LRTD). Avoided healthcare resource use included 19,639 fewer outpatient visits, 1556 fewer emergency department visits, and 11,634 fewer hospitalizations. RSV-related deaths declined by 1355 over 5 years, alongside 7221 and 6043 fewer discounted life years and quality-adjusted life years lost, respectively. To avoid 1 RSV-LRTD case, the estimated NNV was 14 individuals.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications: </strong>Adjuvanted RSVPreF3 vaccination avoided a substantial number of negative health outcomes among US adults aged ≥60 years residing in long-term care settings, providing evidence of its impact as a prevention strategy. Future efforts are needed to ensure that long-term care residents have access to RSV vaccination.</p>","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 11","pages":"106406"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149224342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicola Confortin MD, Giovanni Paolo Daniele MD, Annalisa Graceffa MD, Leonardo Melchiori MD, Assunta Langellotto MD, Serena Commissati MD, Alessandro Zorzi MD, Riccardo Adami MD, Marco Trevisin MD, Ming Yang MD, PhD, Andrea P. Rossi MD, PhD
{"title":"Pilot Evaluation of the REAL-HEART Structured Telemedicine Program in Very Old Patients With Heart Failure","authors":"Nicola Confortin MD, Giovanni Paolo Daniele MD, Annalisa Graceffa MD, Leonardo Melchiori MD, Assunta Langellotto MD, Serena Commissati MD, Alessandro Zorzi MD, Riccardo Adami MD, Marco Trevisin MD, Ming Yang MD, PhD, Andrea P. Rossi MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106419","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106419","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106419"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148760929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PALTmed Events and Product","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1525-8610(26)00423-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1525-8610(26)00423-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106533"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149140899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When Social History Becomes the Intervention: A Case-Based Analysis of Social Determinants of Health in Geriatric Care","authors":"Connor Chidsey BA, Fatima Sheikh MD, MPH, CMD","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106404","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106404"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148604466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Keeping a Rehabilitation Philosophy of Care in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care","authors":"Barbara Resnick PhD, CRNP","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106456","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106456","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106456"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149111414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on: “Stage of Disease Among Hospitalized Persons Living With Dementia: A Multisite Study”","authors":"İbrahim Kuran MD, Burcu Balam Doğu MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106401","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106401","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106401"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148620626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily Sickbert-Bennett, Philip J. Rosenthal, Cesar A. Arias, Gonzalo M. Bearman, Paul E. Sax, Graeme Forrest, David P. Calfee, Romney M. Humphries, Stanley Maloy, Ravi Jhaveri, Ira Blader, Ashley Shade, Roger Bedimo, Cynthia L. Sears, Paul Katz, Barbara Resnick
{"title":"A Duty to Act","authors":"Emily Sickbert-Bennett, Philip J. Rosenthal, Cesar A. Arias, Gonzalo M. Bearman, Paul E. Sax, Graeme Forrest, David P. Calfee, Romney M. Humphries, Stanley Maloy, Ravi Jhaveri, Ira Blader, Ashley Shade, Roger Bedimo, Cynthia L. Sears, Paul Katz, Barbara Resnick","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106494","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106494","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106494"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148969429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When Safety Policy Becomes the Hazard: Mobility Restriction and Unexamined Harm in Nursing Home Falls Prevention","authors":"Neha Sabharwal DPT","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106380","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106380","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106380"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148536191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to Letter to the Editor Regarding “Stage of Disease Among Hospitalized Persons Living With Dementia: A Multisite Study”","authors":"David H. Lynch BMBS, Laura C. Hanson MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106402","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106402","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106402"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148764109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cherdpong Choenklang MD, Nav La MD, PhD, Schawanya K. Rattanapitoon MD, Nathkapach K. Rattanapitoon PhD
{"title":"Reframing Equity in Poststroke Discharge: Methodological Considerations and a Call for Equity-Adjusted Models","authors":"Cherdpong Choenklang MD, Nav La MD, PhD, Schawanya K. Rattanapitoon MD, Nathkapach K. Rattanapitoon PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106364","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jamda.2026.106364","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","volume":"27 10","pages":"Article 106364"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148990654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}