Shugarman L.R, Buttar A., Fries B.E, Moore T., Blaum C.S.  2002.  Caregiver attitudes and hospitalization risk in michigan residents receiving home- and community-based care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 50(6):1079-85.

Blaum C.S, Fries B.E, Fiatarone M.A.  1995.  Factors associated with low body mass index and weight loss in nursing home residents. Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences. 50(3):M162-8.

Langmore S.E, Skarupski K.A, Park P.S, Fries B.E.  2002.  Predictors of aspiration pneumonia in nursing home residents. Dysphagia. 17(4):298-307.

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.

Fries B.E, Durance P.W, Nerenz D.R, Ashcraft M.L.  1993.  A comprehensive payment model for short- and long-stay psychiatric patients. Health Care Financing Review. 15(2):31-50.

Resnick H.E, Fries B.E, Verbrugge L.M.  1997.  Windows to their world: the effect of sensory impairments on social engagement and activity time in nursing home residents. Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences. 52(3):S135-44.

Bjorkgren M.A, Hakkinen 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(3):228-34.

Ikegami N., Fries B.E, Takagi Y., Ikeda S., Ibe T..  1994.  Applying RUG-III in Japanese long-term care facilities. Gerontologist. 34(5):628-39.

Teno J.M, Branco K.J, Mor V., Phillips C.D, Hawes C., Morris J., Fries B.E.  1997.  Changes in advance care planning in nursing homes before and after the patient Self-Determination Act: report of a 10-state survey. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 45(8):939-44.

Ensberg M.D, Paletta M.J, Galecki A.T, Dacko C.L, Fries B.E.  1993.  Identifying elderly patients for early discharge after hospitalization for hip fracture. Journal of Gerontology. 48(5):M187-95.

Phillips C.D, Hawes C., Fries B.E.  1993.  Reducing the use of physical restraints in nursing homes: will it increase costs? American Journal of Public Health. 83(3):342-8.

Hirdes J.P, Fries B.E, Morris J.N, Steel K., Mor V., Frijters D., LaBine S., Schalm C., Stones M.J, Teare G. et al..  1999.  Integrated health information systems based on the RAI/MDS series of instruments.[erratum appears in Healthc Manage Forum 2000 Summer;13(2):41]. Healthcare Management Forum. 12(4):30-40.

Shugarman L.R, Fries B.E, Wolf R.S, Morris J.N.  2003.  Identifying older people at risk of abuse during routine screening practices. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 51(1):24-31.

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.

Morris J.N, Fries B.E, Mehr D.R, Hawes C., Phillips C., Mor V., Lipsitz L.A.  1994.  MDS Cognitive Performance Scale. Journal of Gerontology. 49(4):M174-82.

Williams B.C, Mehr D.R, Fries B.E.  1994.  Use of administrative records to describe longitudinal patterns of health services use among veterans. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1(4):325-7.

Fries B.E, Shugarman L.R, Morris J.N, Simon S.E, James M..  2002.  A screening system for Michigan's home- and community-based long-term care programs. Gerontologist. 42(4):462-74.

Shugarman L.R, Fries B.E, James M..  1999.  A comparison of home care clients and nursing home residents: can community based care keep the elderly and disabled at home? Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 18(1):25-45.

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.

Mehr D.R, Fries B.E, Williams B.C.  1993.  How different are VA nursing home residents? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 41(10):1095-101.

Williams B.C, Li Y., Fries B.E, Warren R.L.  1997.  Predicting patient scores between the functional independence measure and the minimum data set: development and performance of a FIM-MDS "crosswalk".[erratum appears in Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1998 Feb;79(2):231]. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 78(1):48-54.

Fries B.E, Morris J.N, Skarupski K.A, Blaum C.S, Galecki A., Bookstein F., Ribbe M..  2000.  Accelerated dysfunction among the very oldest-old in nursing homes. Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences. 55(6):M336-41.