2024
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
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 failureEmergency Department Visits Among Patients With Dementia Before and After Diagnosis
Gettel C, Song Y, Rothenberg C, Kitchen C, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Fried T, Brody A, Nothelle S, Wolff J, Venkatesh A. Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Dementia Before and After Diagnosis. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2439421. PMID: 39401040, PMCID: PMC11581500, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVariation in Specialist Palliative Care Reach and Associated Factors Among People With Advanced Heart Failure in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Feder S, Han L, Zhan Y, Abel E, Akgün K, Fried T, Ersek M, Redeker N. Variation in Specialist Palliative Care Reach and Associated Factors Among People With Advanced Heart Failure in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 68: 22-31.e1. PMID: 38561132, PMCID: PMC11168897, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutpatient specialist palliative careSpecialist palliative careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterPalliative careSpecialist palliative care consultationRandom intercept multilevel logistic regressionDepartment of Veterans AffairsMultilevel logistic regressionAffairs Medical CenterClinical practice guidelinesICD-9/10 codesAdvanced heart failureRetrospective cohort studyVeterans AffairsOutpatient palliativeOutpatient deliveryPractice guidelinesCohort studyLogistic regressionCardiology involvementDelivery characteristicsAssociated factorsMedical CenterIdentified factorsICD-9/10
2022
National Cohort Study of Homebound Persons Living With Dementia: Antibiotic Prescribing Trends and Opportunities for Antibiotic Stewardship
Datta R, Fried T, O’Leary J, Zullo AR, Allore H, Han L, Juthani-Mehta M, Cohen A. National Cohort Study of Homebound Persons Living With Dementia: Antibiotic Prescribing Trends and Opportunities for Antibiotic Stewardship. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac453. PMID: 36147594, PMCID: PMC9487603, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHome-based primary careDays of therapyAntibiotic use ratesAntibiotic useHomebound personsOverall median lengthPhysician home visitsNational cohort studyAntibiotic prescribing trendsVeterans Health AdministrationUse ratesProvider visitsAntibiotic prescriptionsCohort studyPrescribing trendsTelephone visitsMedian agePrescription fillsMedian lengthAntibiotic stewardshipNational cohortPrimary careHome visitsHealth AdministrationPrescribed class
1999
Who Dies at Home? Determinants of Site of Death for Community‐Based Long‐Term Care Patients
Fried T, Pollack D, Drickamer M, Tinetti M. Who Dies at Home? Determinants of Site of Death for Community‐Based Long‐Term Care Patients. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1999, 47: 25-29. PMID: 9920226, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01897.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSite of deathInpatient hospiceLong-term care patientsCommunity-based long-term care programsDependent functional statusPatients 65 yearsChronic lung diseaseCoronary artery diseaseYear of admissionCommunity-based long-term careLong-term care programsLong-term careCohort studyArtery diseaseCare patientsHome deathLung diseaseFunctional statusPatient preferencesHomecare patientsFemale genderTerminal careMAIN OUTCOMECare needsNursing homes
1998
Factors Associated With Six‐Month Mortality in Recipients of Community‐Based Long‐Term Care
Fried T, Pollack D, Tinetti M. Factors Associated With Six‐Month Mortality in Recipients of Community‐Based Long‐Term Care. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1998, 46: 193-197. PMID: 9475448, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02538.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSix-month mortalityShort-term mortalityPresence of cancerCommunity-based long-term careLong-term careHeart diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseNutritional problemsObstructive pulmonary diseaseSevere cognitive impairmentCommunity-based waiverCohort studyPulmonary diseaseHomecare programMortality registryMale sexFunctional impairmentClinical dataAdmission assessmentRoutine assessmentCognitive impairmentHealth statusMultivariate analysisCognitive statusMortality
1997
Frailty and Hospitalization of Long‐Term Stay Nursing Home Residents
Fried T, Mor V. Frailty and Hospitalization of Long‐Term Stay Nursing Home Residents. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1997, 45: 265-269. PMID: 9063269, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00938.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongestive heart failurePrimary diagnosisNursing homesHeart failureRespiratory diseaseRecent functional declineNursing home patientsSevere functional impairmentCertain patient groupsNursing home stayNursing home residentsProprietary nursing homesLower ratesLogistic regression modelsCohort studyAcute careHome patientsHospitalization ratesPatient groupFeeding tubeDecubitus ulcersFunctional impairmentHome residentsFunctional declineHospitalizationShort‐Term Functional Outcomes of Long‐Term Care Residents with Pneumonia Treated with and without Hospital Transfer
Fried T, Gillick M, Lipsitz L. Short‐Term Functional Outcomes of Long‐Term Care Residents with Pneumonia Treated with and without Hospital Transfer. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1997, 45: 302-306. PMID: 9063275, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00944.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResolution of pneumoniaHospital transferHospital treatmentFunctional statusLong-term care facility patientsRespiratory rateLong-term care residentsCare facility patientsIndependent functional statusRetrospective cohort studyCases of pneumoniaTerm functional outcomesFunctional status outcomesHebrew Rehabilitation CenterAcademic medical centerLogistic regression modelsLower respiratory rateNew infiltratesLTCF residentsAcute episodeCohort studyFacility patientsSevere pneumoniaFunctional outcomeRespiratory signs
1995
Whether to transfer?
Fried T, Gillick M, Lipsitz L. Whether to transfer? Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1995, 10: 246-250. PMID: 7616332, DOI: 10.1007/bf02599879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term care facilitiesDependent functional statusEpisodes of pneumoniaElevated respiratory rateRespiratory rateLTCF patientsOral antibioticsHospital transferFunctional statusElderly long-term care patientsLong-term care patientsGood markerRetrospective cohort studyPatient-related factorsNursing home residentsHebrew Rehabilitation CenterHigher respiratory rateNew infiltratesPneumonia episodesAcute illnessCohort studyCare patientsHospital therapyRespiratory signsPatient outcomes