2011
Quality of Palliative Care at US Hospices
Carlson MD, Barry C, Schlesinger M, McCorkle R, Morrison RS, Cherlin E, Herrin J, Thompson J, Twaddle ML, Bradley EH. Quality of Palliative Care at US Hospices. Medical Care 2011, 49: 803-809. PMID: 21685811, PMCID: PMC3161163, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e31822395b2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Quality ForumSelf-reported implementationPercent of hospicesNational cross-sectional surveyCross-sectional surveyFirst national dataQuality palliativeHospice Care QualityPreferred practicesPalliative careCare quality improvementHospice servicesHealth care quality improvementHospice careUS hospicesLarge hospiceSmaller hospicesQuality ForumHospiceCare qualityHospice characteristicsCareNational dataPatientsRandom sample
2010
Interdisciplinary Staffing Patterns: Do For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospices Differ?
Cherlin EJ, Carlson MD, Herrin J, Schulman-Green D, Barry CL, McCorkle R, Johnson-Hurzeler R, Bradley EH. Interdisciplinary Staffing Patterns: Do For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospices Differ? Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2010, 13: 389-394. PMID: 20136523, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonprofit hospicesHigh-quality hospice careProfit hospicesProfessional mixVolunteer staffOwnership typeUnited StatesHospice philosophyFuture researchStaffQuality of careCross-sectional analysisPsychosocial staffStaffing patternsMultivariable analysisTotal staffInterdisciplinary careHospice careNursing staffInterdisciplinary staffOwnershipHospiceServices SurveyProfitMedicare providers
2009
Hospice Characteristics and the Disenrollment of Patients with Cancer
Carlson MD, Herrin J, Du Q, Epstein AJ, Cherlin E, Morrison RS, Bradley EH. Hospice Characteristics and the Disenrollment of Patients with Cancer. Health Services Research 2009, 44: 2004-2021. PMID: 19656230, PMCID: PMC2796311, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01002.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient disenrollmentEnd Results-Medicare dataSmaller hospicesTypes of hospicesNew hospiceLong-stay patientsHigh disenrollment ratesMedicare hospice benefitClinical characteristicsDisenrollment ratesPatientsHospice benefitSecondary analysisHospiceDisenrollmentRural statusCancerOrganizational-level barriersStaff mixHospice characteristicsIndependent effectsFiscal intermediariesHigh rateMedicare certificationEpidemiology