2024
Pain Outcomes Among Medical Centers With High vs Low Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People With Heart Failure.
Feder S, Han L, Zhan Y, Abel E, Akgün K. Pain Outcomes Among Medical Centers With High vs Low Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People With Heart Failure. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2024, 10499091241304695. PMID: 39631749, DOI: 10.1177/10499091241304695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialist palliative careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterEnd of lifeBereaved Family SurveyUncontrolled painMedical CenterMultilevel logistic regressionFamilies of peopleAffairs Medical CenterFacility covariatesPalliative careRetrospective cohort studyPain outcomesAssociated with ratesSymptomatic populationCohort studyFacility rateLogistic regressionHeart failureGeneralized linear modelStudy outcomesFamily SurveyPainPain controlAdvanced HF
2023
A comparison of end‐of‐life care quality for Veterans receiving hospice in VA nursing homes and community nursing homes
Wachterman M, Smith D, Carpenter J, Griffin H, Thorpe J, Feder S, Hoelter J, Ersek M, Shreve S, Kutney‐Lee A. A comparison of end‐of‐life care quality for Veterans receiving hospice in VA nursing homes and community nursing homes. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 72: 59-68. PMID: 37947240, PMCID: PMC10842969, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity nursing homesVeterans Health AdministrationBereaved Family SurveyElectronic medical recordsVA CLCsNursing homesEOL careAdjusted proportionVA electronic medical recordsVA nursing homesLife care qualityDays of lifeQuality of endNumber of veteransBFS itemsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeSymptom managementOverall careMedical recordsRetrospective analysisHospice careLife careHealth AdministrationVA Community