2020
The Association Between Hospital End-of-Life Care Quality and the Care Received Among Patients With Heart Failure
Feder SL, Tate J, Ersek M, Krishnan S, Chaudhry SI, Bastian LA, Rolnick J, Kutney-Lee A, Akgün KM. The Association Between Hospital End-of-Life Care Quality and the Care Received Among Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2020, 61: 713-722.e1. PMID: 32931904, PMCID: PMC7952458, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure patientsPalliative care consultationVeterans Health AdministrationLife care qualityFailure patientsHeart failureCare consultationsHighest quintileVA hospitalsIntensive care unit deathCare qualityIntensive care unitHealth care systemCare unitInpatient hospiceMean ageLowest quintileHospital endRetrospective analysisHOSPITAL scorePatientsHealth AdministrationCare processesHospitalLogistic regression
2011
Proactive recruitment of cancer patients' social networks into a smoking cessation trial
Bastian LA, Fish LJ, Peterson BL, Biddle AK, Garst J, Lyna P, Molner S, Bepler G, Kelley M, Keefe FJ, McBride CM. Proactive recruitment of cancer patients' social networks into a smoking cessation trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2011, 32: 498-504. PMID: 21382509, PMCID: PMC3104120, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancer patientsSmoking cessation interventionSmoking cessation trialPatient's social networkCessation interventionsCancer patientsCessation trialEligible lung cancer patientsFamily membersLate-stage diseaseSmoking cessation programMeasures logistic regression modelsProactive recruitmentLogistic regression modelsCessation programsLung cancerPatientsFemale family membersSmokersEligible familiesClinical sitesSuccessful enrollmentAppropriate timingPotential participantsIntervention