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GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Dataset: Practice Specialization and Post-acute Outcomes of Patients with Dementia in Skilled Nursing Facilities

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Author/Principal Investigator Information
Name: Kira Ryskina, MD
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Email: kira.ryskina@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Author Information
Name: Seiyoun Kim, PhD 
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Email: seiyoun.kim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging (R01AG070944, PIs: Kira L. Ryskina and Hye-Young Jung).

The code in this repository reproduces the results for the following manuscript:

Seiyoun Kim, PhD; Hye-Young Jung, PhD; Derek Lake, PhD; Rebecca T. Brown, MD, MPH; Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD; Jason Karlawish, MD; Kira Ryskina, MD, MSHP. “Practice Specialization and Post-acute Outcomes of Patients with Dementia in Skilled Nursing Facilities"

CODE ORDER 
1.Sample_selection_and_data_clean_up (Sata code)
2.Create_propensity_score (SAS code)
3.Cross_Temporal_Matching (Sata code)
4.Regression (Stata code)