2024
Trends in use of intensive care during hospitalizations at the end‐of‐life among older adults with advanced cancer
Jain S, Long J, Rao V, Law A, Walkey A, Prsic E, Lindenauer P, Krumholz H, Gross C. Trends in use of intensive care during hospitalizations at the end‐of‐life among older adults with advanced cancer. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024 PMID: 39090970, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-life hospitalizationsLife-sustaining treatmentEnd-of-lifeIntensity of careIn-hospital deathOlder adultsIntensive care unitAdvanced cancerRisk-adjusted hospitalEvaluate trendsIncreased intensity of careIntensive care unit useSEER-Medicare dataIntensive care unit careMultinomial regression modelsYear of diagnosisIntensive careHospital categoryMedicare beneficiariesSEER-MedicareHospitalization ratesCareCancer characteristicsNoninvasive ventilationHospital
2019
Billed Palliative Care Services and End-of-Life Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
Rao V, Belanger E, Egan P, LeBlanc T, Olszewski A. Billed Palliative Care Services and End-of-Life Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. Blood 2019, 134: 384. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-121955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care servicesDays of lifeEarly palliative careEnd of lifeHematologic malignanciesPalliative careMedicare beneficiariesCare servicesComorbidity indexSolid tumorsAdvisory CommitteeEOL quality measuresPoor performance statusReceipt of chemotherapyPalliative care specialistsHigher comorbidity indexIntensive care unitRetrospective claims dataService Medicare beneficiariesAmerican Cancer SocietyCare quality metricsMedicare spendingDay of deathNon-terminal patientsYear of death