Most of Dr. Boult's research has involved epidemiologic and clinical investigations into methods for improving the health of older populations. He created and validated a widely used brief questionnaire (the Pra) that identifies older people who are at high risk for medical events that require hospital care. Recently he completed three randomized trials of multidisciplinary interventions designed to improve the health care and the quality of life of high-risk older people. "Geriatric Evauaton and Management" (GEM) reduced the likelihood of functional loss and depression by 33% and 56%, respectively.

Dr. Boult's present research centers on the development and testing of novel approaches to organizing, financing and delivering health care to many chronically ill populations. He is particularly interested in collaborating with others to improve the outcomes experienced by people whose chronic illnesses require care that spans the hospital, post-acute, and home care settings.

Health Policy and Management, Health services research, chronic conditions, aging, geriatrics, post-acute care, outcomes research, interdisciplinary care

Valedictorian of high school class, 1966 Phi Beta Kappa, 1970 Magna Cum Laude, Albion College, 1970 Intern of the Year, 1974-75 Phi Kappa Phi (national graduate school honor society), 1989 Excellence in Research award, American Geriatrics Society, 2000

Conwell L, Boult C. The effects of complications and comorbidities on the quality of preventive diabetes care: a literature review. Disease Management 2008 (in press).

Hsiao CJ, Boult C. The effects of quality on outcomes in primary care: a review of the literature. Am J Med Quality 2008 (in press).

Arbaje AI, Wolff JL, Yu Q, Powe NR, Anderson GF, Boult CE. Post-discharge environmental and socioeconomic factors and the likelihood of early hospital readmission among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries. Gerontologist 2008 (in press).

Boult C, Reider L, Frey K, Leff B, Boyd C, Wegener S, Marsteller J, Karm L, Scharfstein D. The early effects of Guided Care on the quality of health care for multimorbid older persons: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. J Gerontol Med Sci 2008 (in press).

Sylvia ML, Griswold M, Dunbar L, Park M, Boult C. Guided Care: cost and utilization outcomes in a pilot study. Disease Management 2007 (in press).

Boyd CM, Boult C, Shadmi E, Leff B, Brager R, Dunbar L, Wolff JL. Guided Care for multi-morbid older adults. The Gerontologist 2007;47(5):697-704.

McNabney MK, Wolff JL, Semanick LM, Boult C, Kasper J. Care needs of high-functioning nursing home residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8(6):409-412.

Wagner JT, Bachmann LM, Boult C, Harari D, von Renteln-Kruse W, Egger M, Beck JC, Stuck AE. Predicting the risk of hospital admission in older persons – validation of a brief self-administered questionnaire in three European countries. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006;54(8):1271-1276. (Winner of the 2006 Rolf und Hubertine Schiffbauer-Forschungsförderungspreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geriatrie)

Sylvia ML, Shadmi E, Hsiao C-J, Boyd CM, Schuster AB, Boult C. Clinical features of high-risk older persons identified by predictive modeling. Disease Management 2006;9(1):56-62.

Shadmi E, Boyd CM, Hsiao C-J, Sylvia M, Schuster AB, Boult C. Morbidity and older persons’ perceptions of the quality of their primary care. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006;54(2):330-334.

Pacala JT, Boult C, Hepburn K. Ten years’ experience conducting the Aging Game workshop: was it worth it? J Am Geriatr Soc 2006;54(1):144-149.

Wolff JL, Boult C. Moving beyond round pegs and square holes: restructuring Medicare to improve chronic care. Ann Intern Med 2005;143(6)439-445.

Boyd CM, Darer J, Boult C, Fried LP, Boult L, Wu A. Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases. JAMA 2005;294(6):716-724.

American Geriatrics Society Task Force on the Future of Geriatric Medicine (member). Caring for older Americans: the future of geriatric medicine. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:S1-S12.

Wolff JL, Boult C, Boyd C, Anderson G. Newly reported chronic conditions and onset of functional dependency. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53(5);851-5..

Spiers NA, Matthews RJ, Jagger C, Matthews FE, Boult C, Robinson TG, Brayne C. Diseases and impairments as risk factors for onset of disability in the older population in England and Wales: findings from the MRC cognitive function and ageing study. J Geront 2005;60(2):248-54.