Melissa D. Aldridge

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Melissa D. Aldridge is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa D. Aldridge has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 51 papers in General Health Professions and 21 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melissa D. Aldridge's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (63 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (44 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (20 papers). Melissa D. Aldridge is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (63 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (44 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (20 papers). Melissa D. Aldridge collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Belgium. Melissa D. Aldridge's co-authors include Amy S. Kelley, Diane E. Meier, R. Sean Morrison, Melissa M. Garrido, Julia Paris, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Emily Cherlin, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Karen McKendrick and Maureen Canavan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Melissa D. Aldridge

77 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa D. Aldridge United States	22	1.3k	859	427	410	318	84	2.2k
Emily Cherlin United States	31	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	573 1.3×	511 1.2×	288 0.9×	78	2.8k
Melissa M. Garrido United States	25	1.4k 1.1×	812 0.9×	386 0.9×	579 1.4×	486 1.5×	103	2.9k
Marie‐Anne Durand United States	25	951 0.7×	2.0k 2.3×	174 0.4×	249 0.6×	386 1.2×	74	2.9k
Megan Wainwright United Kingdom	15	697 0.5×	829 1.0×	301 0.7×	326 0.8×	158 0.5×	33	2.2k
Raegan W. Durant United States	28	1.0k 0.8×	565 0.7×	163 0.4×	143 0.3×	291 0.9×	94	2.5k
Donald E. Bailey United States	30	650 0.5×	914 1.1×	330 0.8×	357 0.9×	120 0.4×	97	2.6k
Isabelle Scholl Germany	30	1.6k 1.2×	3.4k 4.0×	246 0.6×	204 0.5×	386 1.2×	86	4.4k
Anne McMurray Australia	25	491 0.4×	915 1.1×	205 0.5×	385 0.9×	242 0.8×	92	2.6k
Christopher R. Friese United States	31	494 0.4×	1.4k 1.6×	265 0.6×	215 0.5×	309 1.0×	130	3.2k
John M. Westfall United States	28	960 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	256 0.6×	246 0.6×	471 1.5×	138	3.1k

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Harrison, Krista L., Sun Young Jeon, W. James Deardorff, et al.. (2025). Six‐Month Prognostic Tool for Community‐Dwelling People With Dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 74(1). 269–271.

Li, Lihua, Yang Chen, Liangyuan Hu, et al.. (2025). Comparative Effectiveness of Propensity Score Estimation Methods for Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting Analysis with Complex Survey Data: A Simulation Study. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.

Bock, Meredith, Siqi Gan, Melissa D. Aldridge, et al.. (2025). Hospice Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Parkinson Disease and Dementia With Lewy Bodies. JAMA Network Open. 8(3). e250014–e250014. 1 indexed citations

Cenzer, Irena, Kenneth E. Covinsky, Sarah H. Cross, et al.. (2025). Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults. JAMA Network Open. 8(3). e250201–e250201.

Kotwal, Ashwin, Irena Cenzer, Jacqueline M. Torres, et al.. (2024). A National Study of Psychosocial Well-being of Spouses of Persons Living with Dementia in the Last Years of Life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 67(5). e563–e563. 1 indexed citations

Kotwal, Ashwin, Irena Cenzer, Lauren J. Hunt, et al.. (2024). Psychosocial distress among spouses of persons with dementia before and after their partner's death. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72(8). 2336–2346. 4 indexed citations

Knight, Helen, Caitlin W. Brennan, Melissa D. Aldridge, et al.. (2023). Perspectives on Transfusions for Hospice Patients With Blood Cancers: A Survey of Hospice Providers. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 67(1). 1–9. 3 indexed citations

Odejide, Oreofe O. & Melissa D. Aldridge. (2023). Access to High-Quality Hospice Care in a For-Profit World. The Oncologist. 28(9). 743–745. 1 indexed citations

Ankuda, Claire K., Kenneth E. Covinsky, Vicki A. Freedman, et al.. (2022). The devil's in the details: Variation in estimates of late‐life activity limitations across national cohort studies. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71(3). 858–868. 3 indexed citations

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Aldridge, Melissa D., et al.. (2022). Disruptions in Home Hospice Care due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 26(2). 244–247. 4 indexed citations

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Aldridge, Melissa D., et al.. (2021). Impact of Comorbid Dementia on Patterns of Hospice Use. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 25(3). 396–404. 18 indexed citations

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Ankuda, Claire K., et al.. (2021). Transitions from Home Health to Hospice: The Role of Agency Affiliation. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 25(6). 873–879. 5 indexed citations

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Rogers, Maggie, et al.. (2020). Hospital Characteristics Associated with Palliative Care Program Prevalence. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 23(10). 1296–1299. 14 indexed citations

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Rogers, Maggie, et al.. (2020). Factors Associated with the Adoption and Closure of Hospital Palliative Care Programs in the United States. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 24(5). 712–718. 3 indexed citations

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Rogers, Maggie, Diane E. Meier, Melissa D. Aldridge, et al.. (2019). The National Palliative Care Registry: A Decade of Supporting Growth and Sustainability of Palliative Care Programs. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 22(9). 1026–1031. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Shi‐Yi, Sylvia H. Hsu, Melissa D. Aldridge, Emily Cherlin, & Elizabeth H. Bradley. (2019). Racial Differences in Health Care Transitions and Hospice Use at the End of Life. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 22(6). 619–627. 28 indexed citations

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Morrison, R. Sean, et al.. (2018). The National Palliative Care Research Center: Ten Years of Promoting and Developing Research in Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 21(11). 1548–1557. 2 indexed citations

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Penrod, Joan D., Melissa M. Garrido, Karen McKendrick, et al.. (2017). Characteristics of Hospitalized Cancer Patients Referred for Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 20(12). 1321–1326. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Shi‐Yi, Melissa D. Aldridge, Maureen Canavan, Emily Cherlin, & Elizabeth H. Bradley. (2016). Continuous Home Care Reduces Hospice Disenrollment and Hospitalization After Hospice Enrollment. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 52(6). 813–821. 13 indexed citations

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Ornstein, Katherine, Melissa D. Aldridge, Melissa M. Garrido, et al.. (2016). The Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures in the Last Month of Life Is Associated With More Depressive Symptoms in Surviving Spouses. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 53(2). 178–187.e1. 18 indexed citations

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