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Mar 19, 2020

Palliative Care and Infection Management at End of Life in Nursing Homes: A Descriptive Survey

The aim of this study was to describe the current status of how nursing homes integrates palliative care and infection management at end of life across the nation.
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Mar 11, 2020

Health System and Beneficiary Costs Associated With Intensive End-of-Life Medical Services

The objective of this paper is to quantify expected beneficiary and health system costs incurred in association with receipt of intensive medical services in the last month of life.
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Oct 31, 2018

Best Practices in Providing Palliative Care Supported by Growing Body of Evidence

A rapidly aging U.S. population with complex care needs will likely accelerate emphasis on palliative care services. A review of palliative care research found substantial evidence to support clinical practice guidelines and was incorporated into the new edition of the guidelines.
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Mar 5, 2018

RAND Review: March-April 2018

This issue features a Q&A with Michael Rich, Soledad O'Brien, and Francis Fukuyama on the perils of truth decay, and a story on the trend toward unretirement among U.S. workers. The Voices column features Gulrez Shah Azhar on environmental refugees.
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Aug 1, 2017

Black and Hispanic Patients Receive Hospice Care Similar to That of White Patients When in the Same Hospices

Black and Hispanic patients received care from poorer quality hospices than white patients.
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Aug 1, 2017

Medicare Beneficiaries With Advanced Lung Cancer Experience Diverse Patterns Of Care From Diagnosis To Death

The substantial variations across sites in patterns of end-of-life care for patients with cancer should be factored in to efforts to improve care.
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Jul 27, 2017

End-Of-Life Medical Spending In Last Twelve Months Of Life Is Lower Than Previously Reported

Spending in the last year of life accounts for about 10% of overall costs, but spending in the last three years of life can be as high as 25% of total costs, suggesting the need to reduce the costs of caring for people with chronic conditions.
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Jul 18, 2017

End-of-Life Care Planning in Accountable Care Organizations: Associations with Organizational Characteristics and Capabilities

About 60 % of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have some kind of end-of-life care planning processes in place, but only about 20% have established advanced planning processes.
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Jul 5, 2017

Black and Hispanic Patients More Likely to Use Lower-Quality Hospices

Black and Hispanic patients are more likely to receive care from poorer-quality hospices. And their family caregivers are less likely to receive the right amount of emotional and religious support in hospice care. However, caregivers of black and Hispanic patients report similar or better experiences than caregivers of white patients within a given hospice.
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May 30, 2017

Development and Feasibility of a Structured Goals of Care Communication Guide

Studies demonstrate the benefits of discussing goals of care and advance care planning, yet many patients with serious illness do not engage in such discussions with healthcare providers.
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Sep 12, 2016

Populations and Interventions for Palliative and End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review

This evidence review found that palliative care improves outcomes for cancer, dementia, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Aug 23, 2016

Factors Associated with Family Reports of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression in the Last Year of Life

Family reports of patients' experiences with pain, difficult breathing, and depression near the end of life suggest strategies at the clinical and population level for assessing and managing symptoms.

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