Examining the Association of Billed Advance Care Planning With End-of-Life Hospital Admissions Among Advanced Cancer Patients in Hospice
Prater LC, O’Rourke B, Schnell P, Xu W, Li Y, Gustin J, Lockwood B, Lustberg M, White S, Happ MB, Retchin SM, Wickizer TM, Bose-Brill S. Examining the Association of Billed Advance Care Planning With End-of-Life Hospital Admissions Among Advanced Cancer Patients in Hospice. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2021, 39: 504-510. PMID: 34427154, DOI: 10.1177/10499091211039449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningDays of lifeHospital admissionAdvanced cancerCare planningACP servicesCross-sectional retrospective cohort studySystematic advance care planningLife hospital admissionsMedical claims analysisRetrospective cohort studyAdvanced cancer patientsInpatient hospital admissionsPopulation of patientsAdvanced cancer diagnosisQuality of careHospice referralCohort studyIBM MarketScanEOL outcomesInpatient admissionsStudy criteriaCancer patientsHospice careCare preferencesRacial and ethnic disparities among patients with breast cancer and COVID-19.
Nagaraj G, Accordino M, French B, Kuderer N, Lyman G, Stover D, Blinder V, Schmidt A, Shatsky R, Grover P, Puc M, Hwang C, Wulff-Burchfield E, Lewis M, Menendez A, Bilen M, Warner J, Lustberg M, Shah D. Racial and ethnic disparities among patients with breast cancer and COVID-19. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6500-6500. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesHospital admissionClinicopathologic characteristicsMechanical ventilationCancer characteristicsCOVID-19Laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2Worse breast cancer outcomesIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionSevere COVID-19Breast cancer outcomesFisher's exact testSignificant differencesSARS-CoV-2High rateEthnic groupsCOVID-19 diagnosisAnti-cancer therapyRace/ethnicityActive diseaseUnit admissionBaseline characteristics