Featured Publications
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 reviewDementiaIdentifying Medicare Beneficiaries With Delirium
Moura LMVR, Zafar S, Benson NM, Festa N, Price M, Donahue MA, Normand SL, Newhouse JP, Blacker D, Hsu J. Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries With Delirium. Medical Care 2022, 60: 852-859. PMID: 36043702, PMCID: PMC9588515, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001767.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Functional Well-being in Community-Living Older Persons
Gill TM, Zang EX, Murphy TE, Leo-Summers L, Gahbauer EA, Festa N, Falvey JR, Han L. Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Functional Well-being in Community-Living Older Persons. JAMA Internal Medicine 2021, 181: 1297-1304. PMID: 34424276, PMCID: PMC8383163, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedFemaleFunctional StatusHealthy Life ExpectancyHousing QualityHumansIndependent LivingLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthNeighborhood CharacteristicsPrognosisPsychosocial FunctioningQuality of LifeSocial Determinants of HealthSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesConceptsProspective longitudinal cohort studyCommunity-living older personsAge 70 yearsActive life expectancyLongitudinal cohort studyOlder personsCohort studyPrognostic factorsLife expectancyArea deprivation index scoreCommunity-living personsPrecipitating Events ProjectDeprivation index scoreDisabled life expectancyAge 90 yearsArea Deprivation IndexPublic health initiativesPublic health interventionsNeighborhood disadvantageGreater percentageResource-poor environmentsIndividual-level socioeconomic characteristicsMean ageMAIN OUTCOMEDaily living
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
2016
Anchoring Bias as a Limiting Factor in High-Value Care: A Case of Fever of Unknown Origin in a Hospitalized Child
Festa N, Park KT, Schwenk H. Anchoring Bias as a Limiting Factor in High-Value Care: A Case of Fever of Unknown Origin in a Hospitalized Child. Hospital Pediatrics 2016, 6: 699-701. PMID: 27789539, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2016-0027.Peer-Reviewed Original Research