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
Concurrent Hospice Care and Cancer-Directed Treatment for Advanced Lung Cancer and Receipt of Aggressive Care at the End of Life in the Veteran's Health Administration
Presley CJ, Han L, O'Leary JR, Zhu W, Corneau E, Chao H, Shamas T, Rose M, Lorenz K, Levy CR, Mor V, Gross CP. Concurrent Hospice Care and Cancer-Directed Treatment for Advanced Lung Cancer and Receipt of Aggressive Care at the End of Life in the Veteran's Health Administration. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2020, 23: 1038-1044. PMID: 32119800, PMCID: PMC7404822, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonsmall cell lung cancerVeterans Health AdministrationStage IV nonsmall cell lung cancerCancer-directed treatmentEnd of lifeAggressive careConcurrent careHealth AdministrationVHA facilitiesLung cancerHospice careConcurrent hospice careLung cancer careAdvanced lung cancerCell lung cancerMultilevel logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsPrimary outcomeCancer careHospice useStudy periodCareLast monthPatientsVeterans