2024
Integration of Palliative Care into Heart Failure Care: Consensus-Based Recommendations from the Heart Failure Society of America
Chuzi S, Saylor M, Allen L, Desai A, Feder S, Goldstein N, Groninger H, Kirkpatrick J, Tulsky J, Steiner J, Lever N, Lewis E, Rogers J, Warraich H. Integration of Palliative Care into Heart Failure Care: Consensus-Based Recommendations from the Heart Failure Society of America. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2024 PMID: 39608444, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.10.435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative careSpecialty PCHF careIntegration of palliative careProvision of hospice careHeart Failure Society of AmericaIntegration of PCProvision of PCConsensus statementHeart failure careQuality of lifeFrequent hospital admissionsHospice careHospital admissionCareMultiple guidelinesHF managementHeart failureHigher mortality rateQuality measuresSignificant symptomsMortality rateSpecialtyPrimary PCCliniciansUse of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study
Feder S, Han L, Zhan Y, Abel E, Akgün K, Fried T, Ersek M, Redeker N. Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2024 PMID: 39515377, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2024.0182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialist palliative careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterEnd of lifeCare qualityInpatient hospiceEnd of life outcomesUse of hospiceInpatient hospice careMedical CenterMultilevel logistic regressionFamilies of patientsAffairs Medical CenterHospice carePalliative careRetrospective cohort studyAdvanced heart failureBlack adultsHospiceCohort studyFacility rateLogistic regressionStudy outcomesObservational studyCareHeart failureFinding the Difference Makers: Revealing Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Palliative Care Outcomes Through Coincidence Analysis (ME302)
Feder S, Zhan Y, Miech E. Finding the Difference Makers: Revealing Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Palliative Care Outcomes Through Coincidence Analysis (ME302). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 67: e847. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.02.490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative careHospice careComplex interventionsDelivery of palliative careReceipt of palliative carePresence of multiple conditionsBackground Palliative carePalliative care deliveryPalliative care researchDepartment of Veterans AffairsPalliative care outcomesImplementation science studyHealth services researchMedical CenterVA Medical CenterCare deliveryCare outcomesMultiple conditionsPeer-reviewed literatureCare researchImplementation scienceVeterans AffairsHospiceServices researchCare
2023
A comparison of end‐of‐life care quality for Veterans receiving hospice in VA nursing homes and community nursing homes
Wachterman M, Smith D, Carpenter J, Griffin H, Thorpe J, Feder S, Hoelter J, Ersek M, Shreve S, Kutney‐Lee A. A comparison of end‐of‐life care quality for Veterans receiving hospice in VA nursing homes and community nursing homes. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 72: 59-68. PMID: 37947240, PMCID: PMC10842969, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity nursing homesVeterans Health AdministrationBereaved Family SurveyElectronic medical recordsVA CLCsNursing homesEOL careAdjusted proportionVA electronic medical recordsVA nursing homesLife care qualityDays of lifeQuality of endNumber of veteransBFS itemsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeSymptom managementOverall careMedical recordsRetrospective analysisHospice careLife careHealth AdministrationVA Community