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Impact of hospice disenrollment on healthcare use and Medicare expenditures for patients with cancer. |
Carlson MD, Herrin J, Du Q, et al. |
Impact of Hospice Disenrollment on Healthcare Use and Medicare Expenditures Background: 11% to 15% of cancer patients who enroll in hospice eventually disenroll before death.1,2 How do r... |
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A randomized trial of a telephone care-management strategy. |
Wennberg DE, Marr A, Lang L, O'Malley S, Bennett G. |
Impact of a Telephone-Based Care-Management Strategy on Costs Background: Care management that includes decision support reduces medical expenditures.1,2 What effect does a telephone-based care... |
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An educational intervention for contextualizing patient care and medical students' abilities to probe for contextual issues in simulated patients. |
Schwartz A, Weiner SJ, Harris IB, Binns-Calvey A. |
An Educational Intervention for Contextualizing Patient Care Background: Contextual errors are failures to identify elements of a patient's environment or behavior that require consideratio... |
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Place of death: correlations with quality of life of patients with cancer and predictors of bereaved caregivers' mental health. |
Wright AA, Keating NL, Balboni TA, Matulonis UA, Block SD, Prigerson HG. |
Place of Death, Quality of Life at End of Life, and Caregiver Mental Health Background: 36% of cancer patients die in a hospital, and 8% die in an intensive care unit (ICU).1,2 Is place of de... |
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Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial. |
Curtis JR, Nielsen EL, Treece PD, et al. |
Effect of a Quality Improvement Intervention on End-of-Life Care Background: Compelling evidence demonstrates inadequate quality of end-of-life (EOL) care in the intensive care unit (ICU), including ... |
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