Gail McAvay

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Gail McAvay is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Economics and Econometrics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gail McAvay has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 22 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 21 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Gail McAvay's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (21 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (19 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (18 papers). Gail McAvay is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (21 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (19 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (18 papers). Gail McAvay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Gail McAvay's co-authors include Mary E. Tinetti, Martha L. Bruce, Teresa E. Seeman, Judith Rodin, Dorothy I. Baker, Elizabeth B. Claus, Margaret Gottschalk, Ralph I. Horwitz, Marie L. Koch and Kathryn M. Trainor and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Gail McAvay

100 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community

1994 1.6k citations Mary E. Tinetti, Dorothy I. Baker et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Reducing Suicidal Ideation and Depressive Symptoms in Depressed Older Primary Care Patients

2004 754 citations Martha L. Bruce, Gail McAvay et al. JAMA profile →

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Sirkka‐Liisa Kivelä Finland

Glenn V. Ostir United States

Rowan Harwood United Kingdom

D.J.H. Deeg Netherlands

Marieke J. Schuurmans Netherlands

Kushang V. Patel United States

Barbara Resnick United States

Jay Magaziner United States

Astrid Bergland Norway

David B. Reuben United States

Sirkka‐Liisa Kivelä Finland

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Ho, Jim Q., Gail McAvay, Terrence E. Murphy, et al.. (2025). Functional Trajectories After COVID ‐19 Hospitalization Among Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 73(6). 1733–1741. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Seohyuk, Gail McAvay, Mary Geda, et al.. (2024). Associations of Social Support With Physical and Mental Health Symptom Burden After COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(5). 1 indexed citations

Cohen, Andrew, Gail McAvay, Mary Geda, et al.. (2022). Rationale, Design, and Characteristics of the VALIANT (COVID‐19 in Older Adults: ALongitudinal Assessment) Cohort. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71(3). 832–844. 6 indexed citations

Fragoso, Carlos A. Vaz, Carolyn L. Rochester, Gail McAvay, Lynne Iannone, & Linda Leo‐Summers. (2020). Diffusing capacity in normal-for-age spirometry and spirometric impairments, using reference equations from the global lung function initiative. Respiratory Medicine. 170. 106037–106037. 4 indexed citations

Agogo, George O., Terrence E. Murphy, Gail McAvay, & Heather Allore. (2019). Joint modeling of concurrent binary outcomes in a longitudinal observational study using inverse probability of treatment weighting for treatment effect estimation. Annals of Epidemiology. 35. 53–58. 5 indexed citations

Murphy, Terrence E., Gail McAvay, George O. Agogo, & Heather Allore. (2019). Personalized and typical concurrent risk of limitations in social activity and mobility in older persons with multiple chronic conditions and polypharmacy. Annals of Epidemiology. 37. 24–30. 4 indexed citations

Murphy, Terrence E., et al.. (2017). Contributions of COPD, asthma, and ten comorbid conditions to health care utilization and patient-centered outcomes among US adults with obstructive airway disease. International Journal of COPD. Volume 12. 2515–2522. 14 indexed citations

Fragoso, Carlos A. Vaz, Gail McAvay, Peter H. Van Ness, et al.. (2015). Phenotype of Spirometric Impairment in an Aging Population. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 193(7). 727–735. 44 indexed citations

Fragoso, Carlos A. Vaz, Gail McAvay, Peter H. Van Ness, et al.. (2015). Phenotype of Normal Spirometry in an Aging Population. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 192(7). 817–825. 47 indexed citations

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Fragoso, Carlos A. Vaz, Thomas M. Gill, Gail McAvay, et al.. (2011). Use of Lambda-Mu-Sigma-Derived Z Score for Evaluating Respiratory Impairment in Middle-Aged Persons. Respiratory Care. 56(11). 1771–1777. 21 indexed citations

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Mendu, Mallika L., Gail McAvay, Rachel Lampert, Jonathan P. Stoehr, & Mary E. Tinetti. (2009). Yield of Diagnostic Tests in Evaluating Syncopal Episodes in Older Patients. Archives of Internal Medicine. 169(14). 1299–1299. 118 indexed citations

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Fragoso, Carlos A. Vaz, John Concato, Gail McAvay, et al.. (2009). The Ratio of FEV1 to FVC as a Basis for Establishing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181(5). 446–451. 99 indexed citations

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Fragoso, Carlos A. Vaz, John Concato, Gail McAvay, et al.. (2009). Defining chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in older persons. Respiratory Medicine. 103(10). 1468–1476. 15 indexed citations

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Gross, Cary P., et al.. (2006). Relation Between Medicare Screening Reimbursement and Stage at Diagnosis for Older Patients With Colon Cancer. JAMA. 296(23). 2815–2815. 169 indexed citations

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McAvay, Gail, Peter H. Van Ness, Sidney T. Bogardus, et al.. (2006). Older Adults Discharged from the Hospital with Delirium: 1‐Year Outcomes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54(8). 1245–1250. 152 indexed citations

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McAvay, Gail, Patrick J. Raue, Ellen L. Brown, & Martha L. Bruce. (2005). Symptoms of Depression in Older Home-Care Patients: Patient and Informant Reports.. Psychology and Aging. 20(3). 507–518. 14 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Risë B., Gail McAvay, Edward V. Nunes, & Myrna M. Weissman. (2000). Maternal Life History- Versus Gestation-Focused Assessment of Prenatal Exposure to Substances of Abuse. Journal of Substance Abuse. 11(4). 355–368. 4 indexed citations

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Rizzo, John A., Dorothy I. Baker, Gail McAvay, & Mary E. Tinetti. (1996). The Cost-Effectiveness of a Multifactorial Targeted Prevention Program for Falls Among Community Elderly Persons. Medical Care. 34(9). 954–969. 156 indexed citations

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Tinetti, Mary E., Dorothy I. Baker, Gail McAvay, et al.. (1994). A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community. New England Journal of Medicine. 331(13). 821–827. 1635 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rodin, Judith, Gail McAvay, & Christine Timko. (1988). A Longitudinal Study of Depressed Mood and Sleep Disturbances in Elderly Adults. Journal of Gerontology. 43(2). P45–P53. 107 indexed citations

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