Zimmerman D.R, Karon S.L, Arling G., Clark B.R, Collins T., Ross R., Sainfort F..  1995.  Development and testing of nursing home quality indicators. Health Care Financ Rev. 16(4):107-27.

Fries B.E, Nerenz D.R, Falcon S.P, Ashcraft M.L, Lee C.Z.  1990.  A classification system for long-staying psychiatric patients. Medical Care. 28(4):311-23.

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.

Berg K., Mor V., Morris J., Murphy K.M, Moore T., Harris Y..  2002.  Identification and evaluation of existing nursing homes quality indicators. Health Care Financing Review. 23(4):19-36.

Gambassi G., Forman D.E, Lapane K.L, Mor V., Sgadari A., Lipsitz L.A, Bernabei R..  2000.  Management of heart failure among very old persons living in long-term care: has the voice of trials spread? The SAGE Study Group Am Heart J. 139(1 Pt 1):85-93.

Bernabei R., Gambassi G., Lapane K., Sgadari A., Landi F., Gatsonis C., Lipsitz L., Mor V..  1999.  Characteristics of the SAGE database: a new resource for research on outcomes in long-term care. SAGE (Systematic Assessment of Geriatric drug use via Epidemiology) Study Group. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 54(1):M25-33.

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.

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.

Buttar A., Blaum C., Fries B..  2001.  Clinical characteristics and six-month outcomes of nursing home residents with low activities of daily living dependency. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 56(5):M292-7.

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.

Mor V., Branco K., Fleishman J., Hawes C., Phillips C., Morris J., Fries B..  1995.  The structure of social engagement among nursing home residents. Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences. 50(1):P1-P8.

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.

Gessert C.E, Mosier M.C, Brown E.F, Frey B..  2000.  Tube feeding in nursing home residents with severe and irreversible cognitive impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 48(12):1593-600.

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.

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.

Popejoy L.L, Rantz M.J, Conn V., Wipke-Tevis D., Grando V.T, Porter R..  2000.  Improving quality of care in nursing facilities. Gerontological clinical nurse specialist as research nurse consultant. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 26(4):6-13.

Cooney, Jr. L.M, Fries B.E.  1985.  Validation and use of resource utilization groups as a case-mix measure for long-term care. Medical Care. 23(2):123-32.

Fries B.E, Cooney, Jr. L.M.  1985.  Resource utilization groups. A patient classification system for long-term care. Medical Care. 23(2):110-22.

Schneider D.P, Fries B.E, Foley W.J, Desmond M., Gormley W.J.  1988.  Case mix for nursing home payment: resource utilization groups, version II. Health Care Financing Review. Spec(No):39-52.

Fries B.E, Schneider D.P, Foley W.J, Dowling M..  1989.  Case-mix classification of Medicare residents in skilled nursing facilities: resource utilization groups (RUG-T18). Medical Care. 27(9):843-58.

Morris J.N, Hawes C., Fries B.E, Phillips C.D, Mor V., Katz S., Murphy K., Drugovich M.L, Friedlob A.S.  1990.  Designing the national resident assessment instrument for nursing homes. Gerontologist. 30(3):293-307.

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.

Voelkl J.E, Fries B.E, Galecki A.T.  1995.  Predictors of nursing home residents' participation in activity programs. Gerontologist. 35(1):44-51.

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.

Riter R.N, Fries B.E.  1992.  Predictors of the placement of cognitively impaired residents on special care units.. Gerontologist. 32(2):184-90.

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.

Morris J.N, Nonemaker S., Murphy K., Hawes C., Fries B.E, Mor V., Phillips C..  1997.  A commitment to change: revision of HCFA's RAI.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 45(8):1011-6.

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.

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.

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

Hawes C., Mor V., Phillips C.D, Fries B.E, Morris J.N, Steele-Friedlob E., Greene A.M, Nennstiel M..  1997.  The OBRA-87 nursing home regulations and implementation of the Resident Assessment Instrument: effects on process quality.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 45(8):977-85.

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.

Phillips CD, Morris JN, Hawes C, Fries BE, Mor V, Nennstiel M, Iannacchione V.  1997.  Association of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) with changes in function, cognition, and psychosocial status.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 45(8):986-93.

Mor V., Intrator O., Fries B.E, Phillips C., Teno J., Hiris J., Hawes C., Morris J..  1997.  Changes in hospitalization associated with introducing the Resident Assessment Instrument.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 45(8):1002-10.

Hawes C, Morris JN, Phillips CD, Mor V, Fries BE, Nonemaker S.  1995.  Reliability estimates for the Minimum Data Set for nursing home resident assessment and care screening (MDS). Gerontologist. 35(2):172-8.

Rantz M.J, Popejoy L., Zwygart-Stauffacher M., Wipke-Tevis D., Grando V.T.  1999.  Minimum Data Set and Resident Assessment Instrument. Can using standardized assessment improve clinical practice and outcomes of care? Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 25(6):35-43;quiz54-5.

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.

Kiely D.K, Mitchell S.L, Marlow A., Murphy K.M, Morris J.N.  2001.  Racial and state differences in the designation of advance directives in nursing home residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 49(10):1346-52.

Perls T.T, Morris J.N, Ooi W.L, Lipsitz L.A.  1993.  The relationship between age, gender and cognitive performance in the very old: the effect of selective survival. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 41(11):1193-201.

Ruchlin H.S, Morris S., Morris J.N.  1993.  Resident medical care utilization patterns in continuing care retirement communities. Health Care Financing Review. 14(4):151-68.

Ruchlin H.S, Morris J.N.  1987.  The congregate housing services program: an analysis of service utilization and cost. Gerontologist. 27(1):87-91.