Rantz M.J, Mehr D.R, Conn V.S, Hicks L.L, Porter R., Madsen R.W, Petrowski G.F, Maas M..  1996.  Assessing quality of nursing home care: the foundation for improving resident outcomes. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 10(4):1-9.

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.

Mehr D.R, Fries B.E.  1995.  Resource use on Alzheimer's special care units.. Gerontologist. 35(2):179-84.

Rantz M.J, Popejoy L., Mehr D.R, Zwygart-Stauffacher M., Hicks L.L, Grando V., Conn V.S, Porter R., Scott J., Maas M..  1997.  Verifying nursing home care quality using minimum data set quality indicators and other quality measures. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 12(2):54-62.

Murray K.S, Prunty M., Henderson A., Haden T., Pokala N., Ge B., Wakefield M., Petroski G.F, Mehr D.R, Kruse R.L.  2018.  Functional Status in Patients Requiring Nursing Home Stay After Radical Cystectomy. Urology. 121:39-43.

van Dijk P.T, Mehr D.R, Ooms M.E, Madsen R., Petroski G., Frijters D.H, Pot A.M, Ribbe M.W.  2005.  Comorbidity and 1-year mortality risks in nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc. 53(4):660-5.

Mehr D.R, Fries B.E..  1995.  Response to impact of dementia special care units: resource use and outcomes.. The Gerontologist. 35(5):581-582.

Rantz M.J, Petroski G.F, Madsen R.W, Scott J., Mehr D.R, Popejoy L., Hicks L.L, Porter R., Zwygart-Stauffacher M., Grando V..  1997.  Setting thresholds for MDS (Minimum Data Set) quality indicators for nursing home quality improvement reports. Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 23(11):602-11.

Wipke-Tevis D.D, Rantz M.J, Mehr D.R, Popejoy L., Petroski G., Madsen R., Conn V.S, Grando V.T, Porter R., Maas M..  2000.  Prevalence, incidence, management, and predictors of venous ulcers in the long-term-care population using the MDS. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 13(5):218-24.

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.

van der Steen J.T, Volicer L., Gerritsen D.L, Kruse R.L, Ribbe M.W, Mehr D.R.  2006.  Defining severe dementia with the Minimum Data Set. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 21(11):1099-106.

Fries B.E, Mehr D.R, Schneider D., Foley W.J, Burke R..  1993.  Mental dysfunction and resource use in nursing homes. Medical Care. 31(10):898-920.

Rantz M.J, Petroski G.F, Madsen R.W, Mehr D.R, Popejoy L., Hicks L.L, Porter R., Zwygart-Stauffacher M., Grando V..  2000.  Setting thresholds for quality indicators derived from MDS data for nursing home quality improvement reports: an update. Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 26(2):101-10.

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.

Mehr D.R, Williams B.C, Fries B.E.  1997.  Predicting discharge outcomes of VA nursing home residents. Journal of Aging & Health. 9(2):244-65.

Rantz M.J, Zwygart-Stauffacher M., Popejoy L.L, Mehr D.R, Grando V.T, Wipke-Tevis D.D, Hicks L.L, Conn V.S, Porter R., Maas M..  1999.  The minimum data set: No longer just for clinical assessment. Annals of Long Term Care. 7(9):354-360.

Binder E.F, Kruse R.L, Sherman A.K, Madsen R., Zweig S.C, D'Agostino R., Mehr D.R.  2003.  Predictors of short-term functional decline in survivors of nursing home-acquired lower respiratory tract infection. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 58(1):60-7.

Rantz M.J, Mehr D.R, Petroski G.F, Madsen R.W, Popejoy L.L, Hicks L.L, Conn V.S, Grando V.T, Wipke-Tevis D.D, Bostick J. et al..  2000.  Initial field testing of an instrument to measure: observable indicators of nursing home care quality. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 14(3):1-12.

Williams B.C, Fries B.E, Mehr D.R.  1996.  Patterns and determinants of health services use and mortality after VA nursing home care. Journal of Aging & Health. 8(2):280-301.

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.

Rantz M.J, Popejoy L., Petroski G.F, Madsen R.W, Mehr D.R, Zwygart-Stauffacher M., Hicks L.L, Grando V., Wipke-Tevis D.D, Bostick J. et al..  2001.  Randomized clinical trial of a quality improvement intervention in nursing homes. Gerontologist. 41(4):525-38.