2022
Aggressive End-of-Life Care in the Veterans Health Administration versus Fee-for-Service Medicare among Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Presley CJ, Kaur K, Han L, Soulos PR, Zhu W, Corneau E, O'Leary JR, Chao H, Shamas T, Rose MG, Lorenz KA, Levy CR, Mor V, Gross CP. Aggressive End-of-Life Care in the Veterans Health Administration versus Fee-for-Service Medicare among Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2022, 25: 932-939. PMID: 35363053, PMCID: PMC9360181, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0436.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationEnd of lifeAggressive careLung cancerLife careMedicare beneficiariesAdvanced nonsmall cell lung cancerHealth AdministrationService MedicareNonsmall cell lung cancerLung cancer careAdvanced lung cancerCell lung cancerAggressive endHospice admissionCancer careConcurrent careCare availabilityCancer treatmentCareMedicareGreater declinePatientsCancerHospice
2020
Guardianship and End‐of‐Life Care for Veterans with Dementia in Nursing Homes
Cohen AB, Han L, OʼLeary JR, Fried TR. Guardianship and End‐of‐Life Care for Veterans with Dementia in Nursing Homes. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 69: 342-348. PMID: 33170957, PMCID: PMC7902349, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16900.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDays of lifeHospital deathHigh-intensity treatmentMechanical ventilationTube placementHome residentsCardiopulmonary resuscitationNursing homesIntensive care unit admissionMinimum Data Set assessmentsCare unit admissionRetrospective cohort studyNursing home residentsHigh-intensity endMore nursing homesUnit admissionICU admissionCohort studySecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeHospital transferLife hospitalizationsSevere dementiaLife careDementia severity