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Identifying Medicare beneficiaries with dementia
Moura LMVR, Festa N, Price M, Volya M, Benson NM, Zafar S, Weiss M, Blacker D, Normand S, Newhouse JP, Hsu J. Identifying Medicare beneficiaries with dementia. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 2240-2251. PMID: 33901296, PMCID: PMC8373730, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClaims-based definitionEligible populationElectronic health recordsAccountable care organizationsMedical recordsDiagnostic codesMedicare beneficiariesReference standardICD-10 diagnostic codesICD-9 definitionRetrospective observational studyIndividual-level linkageService Medicare beneficiariesPatients' medical recordsClaims-based diagnosesClinical reference standardNon-Hispanic whitesPretest likelihoodDementia statusObservational studyInternational ClassificationAverage ageDementia diagnosisStandardized reviewDementia
2020
Pilot of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative Among Veterans With Serious Illness
Giannitrapani KF, Walling AM, Garcia A, Foglia M, Lowery JS, Lo N, Bekelman D, Brown-Johnson C, Haverfield M, Festa N, Shreve ST, Gale RC, Lehmann LS, Lorenz KA. Pilot of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative Among Veterans With Serious Illness. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2020, 38: 68-76. PMID: 32383388, DOI: 10.1177/1049909120923595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIll patientsDecision-making capacityLife-Sustaining Treatment Decisions InitiativeLST decisionsLarge integrated health care systemIntegrated health care systemProspective observational studyRisk of hospitalizationGoals of careFamilies/caregiversQuality of lifeDecisions InitiativeHealth care systemChart abstractionPatient demographicsObservational studyCare conversationsProlong lifePatientsSerious illnessVeterans AffairsCare systemStandardizing practicesPilot periodGOCC