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  • Hough K, Kotwal A, Boyd C, Tha S, Perissinotto C. What Are “Social Prescriptions” and How Should They Be Integrated Into Care Plans? AMA J Ethics. 2023;23(11):E795-801. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.795 
  • Social Isolation and Loneliness as Medical Issues. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jan 14. Holt-Lunstad J, Perissinotto C. PMID: 36648080. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36648080 
  • End-of-life health care use among socially isolated and cognitively impaired older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 03; 71(3):880-887. Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Yaffe K, Perissinotto C, Smith AK. PMID: 36420540; PMCID: PMC10023302. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36190881 
  • Kotwal AA, Fuller SM, Myers JJ, Hill D, Tha SH, Smith AK, M Perissinotto C; A peer intervention reduces loneliness and improves social well-being in low-income older adults: A mixed-methods study.; Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society; 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34449870
  • Persistent loneliness due to COVID-19 over 18 months of the pandemic: A prospective cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 12; 70(12):3469-3479. Kotwal AA, Batio S, Wolf MS, Covinsky KE, Yoshino Benavente J, Perissinotto CM, O'Conor RM. PMID: 36054661; PMCID: PMC9539351. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36054661
  • The True Cause of Death. JAMA. 2022 07 05; 328(1):19-20. Perissinotto CM. PMID: 35788791. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35788791
  • The epidemiology of social isolation and loneliness among older adults during the last years of life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 11; 69(11):3081-3091. Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Waite LJ, Covinsky KE, Perissinotto CM, Boscardin WJ, Hawkley LC, Dale W, Smith AK. PMID: 34247388; PMCID: PMC8595510. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34247388
  • Kotwal AA, Steinman MA, Cenzer I, Smith AK; Use of High-risk Medications Among Lonely Older Adults: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample.; JAMA Internal Medicine; 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34309620
  • Kotwal AA, Holt-Lunstad J, Newmark RL, Cenzer I, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Escueta DP, Lee JM, Perissinotto CM; Social Isolation and Loneliness Among San Francisco Bay Area Older Adults During the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Orders.; Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society; 2020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32965024
  • National Academies of Sciences, E. and Medicine (2020). Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System. Washington, DC, The National Academies Press. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25663/social-isolation-and-loneliness-in-older-adults-opportunities-for-the
  • "The Impact of Peer Mentoring on Loneliness, Depression, and Social Engagement in Long-Term Care." Theurer, K. A., et al. (2020). J Appl Gerontol: 733464820910939. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32228275/
  • "Preventing social isolation in older people." Cotterell, N., et al. (2018). Maturitas 113: 80-84. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29903652/