Scanning the Headlines: End-of-Life Care

        

Updated on December 7, 2012

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Carlson, M., and others.  Hospices' enrollment policies may contribute to underuse of hospice care in the United States.  Health Affairs.  31(12):2690-2698, Dec. 2012.  http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/12/2690.abstract?etoc

Gallegos, A.  Clearing up confusion on advance directives.  amednews.com.  Oct. 29, 2012.  http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/10/29/prsa1029.htm

Advanced Illness Management Stategies.  Chicago:  American Hospital Association, Aug. 2012.  http://www.aha.org/about/org/aim-strategies.shtml

Fonk, J., and others.  The effect of advance directives on end-of-life cost experience.  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved;23(3):1137-1156, Aug. 2012.

Weber, D.  The end of life.  H&HN.  Apr. 24, 2012.  http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/HHNDaily/HHNDailyDisplay.dhtml?id=2340006926

Brousseau, R.T., and others.  A multifaceted approach to spreading palliative care consultation services in California public hospital systems.  Journal for Healthcare Quality;34(2):64-76, Mar./Apr. 2012.

Bach, P.  When care is worth it, even if end if death.  New York Times.  Dec. 12, 2011.  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/health/policy/when-care-is-worth-it-even-if-end-is-death.html?_r=1

Bradford, H.  England's Approach to Improving End-of-Life Care:  A Strategy for Honoring Patients' Choices.  New York:  Commonwealth Fund, July 19, 2011.  http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Issue-Briefs/2011/Jul/Englands-Approach-to-Improving-End-of-Life-Care.aspx

Medicare Hospices That Focus on Nursing Facility Residents.  Washington:  Department of Health and Human Services, July 2011.  http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-10-00070.pdf

Clark, C.  Hospice rates rise, but hospitalizations remain high.  HealthLeaders Media, Feb. 16, 2011.  http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/LED-262684/Hospice-Rates-Rise-But-Hospitalizations-Remain-High

Lubell, J.  End-of-life-counseling provision under reform gets the ax: decision disappoints doctors.  AIS Health.com.  Jan. 24, 2011.  http://www.aishealth.com/Bnow/hbd012411.html

Bercovitz, A., and others.  Complementary and  alternative therapies in hospice: the national home and hospice care survey: United States, 2007.  National Health Statistics Reports.  33, Jan. 19, 2011.  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr033.pdf

Robinson, C.A., and others.  Issues in rural palliative care: views from the countryside.  Journal of Rural Health.  26(1):78-84, Winter 2010.

Nearly One Third of Medicare Patients with Advanced Cancer Die in Hospitals and ICUs; About Half Get Hospice Care.  Lebanon, NH:  Dartmouth Institute, Nov. 16, 2010.  http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/press/Cancer_report_release_111610.pdf

Analysis of U.S. Hospital Palliative Care Programs 2010 Snapshot.  New York:  Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2010.

Nicosia, N., and others.  The Medicare hospice payment system: a consideration of potential refinements.  Health Care Financing Review.  30(4):47-59, Summer 2009.

Vesely R. How will it end? More attention turns to care and its costs in the last years of life. Modern Healthcare.  39(29):30-31, July 20, 2009.

NHPCO Facts and Figures: Hospice Care in America. Alexandria, VA: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Oct. 2008.

Hospice Facts and Statistics. Washington, DC: Hospice Association of America, Mar. 2008.