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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
2021
Goals of Care Documentation: Insights from A Pilot Implementation Study
Haverfield M, Garcia A, Giannitrapani K, Walling A, Rigdon J, Bekelman D, Lo N, Lehmann L, Jacobs J, Festa N, Lorenz K. Goals of Care Documentation: Insights from A Pilot Implementation Study. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2021, 63: 485-494. PMID: 34952172, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.12.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient care experiencesGoals of careCare documentationCare experiencesLife-Sustaining Treatment Decisions InitiativeCare Assessment Need (CAN) scoreLikelihood of documentationVeterans Affairs sitesVeterans Health AdministrationLife-threatening eventsPilot implementation studySerious health conditionsRace/ethnicityQuality improvement analysisFrail patientsIll patientsOverall careCare assessmentCare conversationsWhite raceHigh riskHealth AdministrationPatientsSurvey scoresRural status