2021
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 preferences
2020
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospice Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Dying from Pancreatic Cancer
Paredes AZ, Hyer JM, Palmer E, Lustberg MB, Pawlik TM. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospice Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Dying from Pancreatic Cancer. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2020, 25: 155-161. PMID: 32193849, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-020-04568-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEthnic minority patientsPancreatic cancerHospice utilizationMinority patientsHospice servicesWhite patientsMedicare Standard Analytic FilesRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesStandard Analytic FilesDeceased individualsTime of deathOverall low useClinical factorsMost patientsMultivariable analysisAnalytic FilesMedicare beneficiariesPancreatectomyPatientsComparable oddsEthnic disparitiesCancerLogistic regressionLow useDeath