2021
Goals of Care Documentation: Insights from A Pilot Implementation Study
Haverfield M, Garcia A, Giannitrapani K, Walling A, Rigdon J, Bekelman D, Lo N, Lehmann L, Jacobs J, Festa N, Lorenz K. Goals of Care Documentation: Insights from A Pilot Implementation Study. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2021, 63: 485-494. PMID: 34952172, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.12.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient care experiencesGoals of careCare documentationCare experiencesLife-Sustaining Treatment Decisions InitiativeCare Assessment Need (CAN) scoreLikelihood of documentationVeterans Affairs sitesVeterans Health AdministrationLife-threatening eventsPilot implementation studySerious health conditionsRace/ethnicityQuality improvement analysisFrail patientsIll patientsOverall careCare assessmentCare conversationsWhite raceHigh riskHealth AdministrationPatientsSurvey scoresRural status
2019
Associations of rurality and disease outcomes in urologic malignancies.
Abello A, Casilla-Lennon M, Kenney P, Leapman M. Associations of rurality and disease outcomes in urologic malignancies. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 661-661. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer-specific deathAssociation of ruralityUrologic malignanciesKidney cancerPoor cancer-specific survivalCox proportional hazards modelRural statusRural countiesCancer-specific survivalEnd Results (SEER) databaseProportional hazards modelPopulation-level dataDefinitive treatmentRural patientsGenitourinary malignanciesTestis cancerUrologic cancersWorse outcomesCancer incidenceDisease PDisease outcomeUrological cancersMultivariable regressionWhite raceOutcome data
2017
Spatial analysis of the regional variation of reproductive tract infections and spousal migration correlates in Nepal
Johnson DC, Lhaki P, Cherry C, Kempf MC, Chamot E, Vermund SH, Shrestha S. Spatial analysis of the regional variation of reproductive tract infections and spousal migration correlates in Nepal. Geospatial Health 2017, 12: 513. PMID: 28555484, DOI: 10.4081/gh.2017.513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMigration statusSocio-cultural factorsMid-west regionFar West regionsMale migrationCross-sectional datasetNepali womenFirst marriageMigration correlatesMarried womenDifferential health outcomesStrong footingHusband's educationMigration patternsReproductive tract infectionsGeographic landscapeRisky sexual behaviorRural statusNepalHusbandsSpatial analysisSexual behaviorEducationSymptoms of RTIsRTI symptoms
2009
Hospice Characteristics and the Disenrollment of Patients with Cancer
Carlson MD, Herrin J, Du Q, Epstein AJ, Cherlin E, Morrison RS, Bradley EH. Hospice Characteristics and the Disenrollment of Patients with Cancer. Health Services Research 2009, 44: 2004-2021. PMID: 19656230, PMCID: PMC2796311, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01002.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient disenrollmentEnd Results-Medicare dataSmaller hospicesTypes of hospicesNew hospiceLong-stay patientsHigh disenrollment ratesMedicare hospice benefitClinical characteristicsDisenrollment ratesPatientsHospice benefitSecondary analysisHospiceDisenrollmentRural statusCancerOrganizational-level barriersStaff mixHospice characteristicsIndependent effectsFiscal intermediariesHigh rateMedicare certificationEpidemiology
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