2011
Quality of Palliative Care at US Hospices
Carlson MD, Barry C, Schlesinger M, McCorkle R, Morrison RS, Cherlin E, Herrin J, Thompson J, Twaddle ML, Bradley EH. Quality of Palliative Care at US Hospices. Medical Care 2011, 49: 803-809. PMID: 21685811, PMCID: PMC3161163, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e31822395b2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Quality ForumSelf-reported implementationPercent of hospicesNational cross-sectional surveyCross-sectional surveyFirst national dataQuality palliativeHospice Care QualityPreferred practicesPalliative careCare quality improvementHospice servicesHealth care quality improvementHospice careUS hospicesLarge hospiceSmaller hospicesQuality ForumHospiceCare qualityHospice characteristicsCareNational dataPatientsRandom sample
2010
Interdisciplinary Staffing Patterns: Do For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospices Differ?
Cherlin EJ, Carlson MD, Herrin J, Schulman-Green D, Barry CL, McCorkle R, Johnson-Hurzeler R, Bradley EH. Interdisciplinary Staffing Patterns: Do For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospices Differ? Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2010, 13: 389-394. PMID: 20136523, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonprofit hospicesHigh-quality hospice careProfit hospicesProfessional mixVolunteer staffOwnership typeUnited StatesHospice philosophyFuture researchStaffQuality of careCross-sectional analysisPsychosocial staffStaffing patternsMultivariable analysisTotal staffInterdisciplinary careHospice careNursing staffInterdisciplinary staffOwnershipHospiceServices SurveyProfitMedicare providers