2017
Validation of the ICD-9 Diagnostic Code for Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Within the Veterans Health Administration
Feder SL, Redeker NS, Jeon S, Schulman-Green D, Womack JA, Tate JP, Bedimo RJ, Budoff MJ, Butt AA, Crothers K, Akgün KM. Validation of the ICD-9 Diagnostic Code for Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Within the Veterans Health Administration. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2017, 35: 959-965. PMID: 29254358, PMCID: PMC7491538, DOI: 10.1177/1049909117747519.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationSpecialist palliative carePalliative care consultationHeart failurePalliative careCare consultationsHealth AdministrationElectronic health record reviewICD-9 diagnostic codesIntensive care unit admissionSpecialist palliative care consultationUnmet palliative care needsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCare unit admissionHealth record reviewPalliative care needsPalliative care servicesAging Cohort StudyGoals of careNinth Revision codesICD-9 codesYear of hospitalizationSite of careNegative predictive valueUnit admission
2015
Symptom Burden Among Patients Who Were Hospitalized for Heart Failure
Khan RF, Feder S, Goldstein NE, Chaudhry SI. Symptom Burden Among Patients Who Were Hospitalized for Heart Failure. JAMA Internal Medicine 2015, 175: 1713-1715. PMID: 26280896, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.3871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCost of IllnessHeart FailureHumansPatient ReadmissionSeverity of Illness IndexSymptom AssessmentTreatment Outcome