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 failureOpportunities to Improve End-of-Life Care Quality among Patients with Short Terminal Admissions
Sullivan D, Jones K, Wachterman M, Griffin H, Kinder D, Smith D, Thorpe J, Feder S, Ersek M, Kutney-Lee A. Opportunities to Improve End-of-Life Care Quality among Patients with Short Terminal Admissions. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 68: 329-339. PMID: 38810950, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.05.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-lifeLife-limiting conditionsTerminal admissionPalliative careEnd-of-life care quality indicatorsEnd-of-life care qualityEnd-of-life careImprove end-of-lifeDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VAVA inpatient settingsVeterans Affairs (VACare quality indicatorsNon-cancer conditionsCare qualityInpatient decedentsHealthcare useVeteran decedentsAcute careNon-VAInpatient settingVA hospitalsShort admissionsCareLonger admissionsQuality indicators
2020
End-of-Life Care Quality Varies Among Facilities in the Department of Veterans Affairs for Patients with Heart Failure (S732)
Feder S, Ersek M, Kutney-Lee A, Luhrs C, Bastian L, Akgun K. End-of-Life Care Quality Varies Among Facilities in the Department of Veterans Affairs for Patients with Heart Failure (S732). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2020, 59: 546-547. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.294.Peer-Reviewed Original Research