2010
Impact of Hospice Disenrollment on Health Care Use and Medicare Expenditures for Patients With Cancer
Carlson MD, Herrin J, Du Q, Epstein AJ, Barry CL, Morrison RS, Back AL, Bradley EH. Impact of Hospice Disenrollment on Health Care Use and Medicare Expenditures for Patients With Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2010, 28: 4371-4375. PMID: 20805463, PMCID: PMC2954136, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.26.1818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care useHospice disenrollmentCare useMedicare expendituresHospice usersEmergency departmentIntensive care unit admissionEnd Results-Medicare dataHigher health care useDisease-directed treatmentCare unit admissionRate of hospitalizationIntensive care unitLargest diagnostic groupResult of cancerTotal Medicare expendituresHospital deathUnit admissionCare unitMultivariable analysisFamily caregiversPatientsHospice teamPatient careDiagnostic groupsInterdisciplinary Staffing Patterns: Do For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospices Differ?
Cherlin EJ, Carlson MD, Herrin J, Schulman-Green D, Barry CL, McCorkle R, Johnson-Hurzeler R, Bradley EH. Interdisciplinary Staffing Patterns: Do For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospices Differ? Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2010, 13: 389-394. PMID: 20136523, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonprofit hospicesHigh-quality hospice careProfit hospicesProfessional mixVolunteer staffOwnership typeUnited StatesHospice philosophyFuture researchStaffQuality of careCross-sectional analysisPsychosocial staffStaffing patternsMultivariable analysisTotal staffInterdisciplinary careHospice careNursing staffInterdisciplinary staffOwnershipHospiceServices SurveyProfitMedicare providers
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHospice CareHumansMaleMedicareNeoplasmsPatient DropoutsSEER ProgramUnited StatesConceptsPatient 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