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Autor:
Melissa D.A. Carlson
Publikováno v:
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 16:838-842
Continuing the momentum of geriatric palliative medicine research achieved during the past decade requires a focus on research methods priorities that span the continuum of research from small pilot studies testing new interventions to large multisit
Publikováno v:
Health Affairs. 31:2690-2698
Hospice use in the United States is growing, but little is known about barriers that terminally ill patients may face when trying to access hospice care. This article reports the results of the first national survey of the enrollment policies of 591
Autor:
Jennifer Thompson, Colleen L. Barry, Stanislav V. Kasl, Melissa D.A. Carlson, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Ruth McCorkle, Mark Schlesinger
Publikováno v:
Medical Care. 50:578-584
One of the fundamental guiding principles of hospice is that the patient and family is the unit of care,1 reflecting the critical importance of including surviving family in the care of people with terminal illnesses. Consistent with this principle,
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 12:91-98
The goals of palliative care address critical issues for individuals with complex and serious illness residing in nursing homes, including pain and symptom management, communication, preparation for death, decisions about treatment preferences, and c
Autor:
Rosemary Johnson-Hurzeler, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Meliessa Hennessy, Karen Beckman Pace, Emily Cherlin, Ruth McCorkle, Melissa D.A. Carlson, Janet E Neigh, Dena Schulman-Green
Publikováno v:
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 13:155-159
Hospices are now mandated to perform routine quality assessment under the final Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation, creating an opportunity to explore standardized approaches to monitoring hospice quality.We report hospice staff experiences
Publikováno v:
Health Affairs. 29:136-140
More than two-thirds of long-stay nursing home residents suffer from dementia. This illness has a variable and unpredictable course that renders it a poor fit for the six-month life-expectancy requirement of the Medicare hospice benefit. Palliative c
Publikováno v:
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 11:438-443
The most frequently cited policy solution for improving access to hospice care for patients and families is to expand hospice eligibility criteria under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. However, the substantial implications of such a policy change have
Autor:
Stanislav V. Kasl, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Rosemary Johnson-Hurzeler, Alison E. Kris, Emily Cherlin, Holly G. Prigerson, Melissa D.A. Carlson
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 14:264-269
Objective Although more people are using hospice than ever before, the average length of hospice enrollment is decreasing. Little is known about the effect of hospice length of enrollment on surviving family caregivers. The authors examine the associ
Autor:
Miriam K. Campbell, William T. Gallo, Harlan M. Krumholz, Melissa D.A. Carlson, Jeanne D. Scinto, Elizabeth H. Bradley
Publikováno v:
Health Services Research. 40:459-476
Publikováno v:
Medical Care. 42:432-438
The number of for-profit hospices increased nearly 4-fold over the past decade, more than 6 times the growth of nonprofit hospices. Despite this growth, the impact of ownership on hospice care is largely unknown. We sought to assess differences in th