2020
Comparison of End-of-Life Care Quality Outcomes and Indicators of Palliative Needs between Medicare Beneficiaries with Solid and Hematologic Malignancies
Egan P, Belanger E, Panagiotou O, Rao V, Pelcovits A, LeBlanc T, Olszewski A. Comparison of End-of-Life Care Quality Outcomes and Indicators of Palliative Needs between Medicare Beneficiaries with Solid and Hematologic Malignancies. Blood 2020, 136: 11. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-143078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDays of lifePhysician office visitsPalliative needsHematologic malignanciesICU admissionSolid tumorsOffice visitsHospice utilizationInpatient daysMedicare beneficiariesHospice benefitMore physician office visitsSignificant palliative care needsFirst population-based studySeattle GeneticsReceipt of chemotherapyPalliative care needsBaseline health statusPopulation-based settingStem cell transplantPopulation-based studyAcute care settingNovel care modelSEER-Medicare databaseConfidence intervals
2019
Billed Palliative Care Services and End-of-Life Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
Rao V, Belanger E, Egan P, LeBlanc T, Olszewski A. Billed Palliative Care Services and End-of-Life Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. Blood 2019, 134: 384. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-121955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care servicesDays of lifeEarly palliative careEnd of lifeHematologic malignanciesPalliative careMedicare beneficiariesCare servicesComorbidity indexSolid tumorsAdvisory CommitteeEOL quality measuresPoor performance statusReceipt of chemotherapyPalliative care specialistsHigher comorbidity indexIntensive care unitRetrospective claims dataService Medicare beneficiariesAmerican Cancer SocietyCare quality metricsMedicare spendingDay of deathNon-terminal patientsYear of death