2021
Associations Between Health Literacy and End-of-Life Care Intensity Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Luo Q, Shi K, Hung P, Wang SY. Associations Between Health Literacy and End-of-Life Care Intensity Among Medicare Beneficiaries. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2021, 38: 626-633. PMID: 33472379, DOI: 10.1177/1049909120988506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAggressive EOL careLow health literacyEOL careHealth literacyMedicare beneficiariesHospital deathCare intensityHigher oddsEOL care intensityLife care intensityPatient-provider communicationProportion of decedentsMonths of lifeDays of lifeHospice enrollmentHL scoreMultivariable analysisHospice useCare measuresRetrospective analysisLife careMedicare feeService decedentsDecedentsCare
2016
Continuous Home Care Reduces Hospice Disenrollment and Hospitalization After Hospice Enrollment
Wang SY, Aldridge MD, Canavan M, Cherlin E, Bradley E. Continuous Home Care Reduces Hospice Disenrollment and Hospitalization After Hospice Enrollment. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2016, 52: 813-821. PMID: 27697564, PMCID: PMC5154927, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospice disenrollmentHospice enrollmentPatient characteristicsContinuous home careCHC utilizationMinority of patientsHome careMore comorbiditiesMultivariable analysisMultivariable modelHospice carePatientsHospitalizationService MedicareHospice agenciesHospiceDisenrollmentExpensive careStudy periodCareEnrollmentAssociationComorbiditiesCancer