Quality of end-of-life care is higher in the VA compared to care paid for by traditional Medicare

R Gidwani-Marszowski, J Needleman, V Mor… - Health …, 2018 - healthaffairs.org
Congressional and Veterans Affairs (VA) leaders have recommended the VA become more
of a purchaser than a provider of health care. Fee-for-service Medicare provides an example …

Trends and outcomes of early and late palliative care consultation for adult patients with glioblastoma: a SEER-Medicare retrospective study

A Wu, B Ugiliweneza, D Wang, G Hsin… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Glioblastoma (GBM) carries a poor prognosis despite standard of care. Early
palliative care (PC) has been shown to enhance survival and quality of life while reducing …

A consensus framework for the humanitarian surgical response to armed conflict in 21st century warfare

SM Wren, HB Wild, J Gurney, M Amirtharajah… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Armed conflict in the 21st century poses new challenges to a humanitarian
surgical response, including changing security requirements, access to patients, and …

Health system and beneficiary costs associated with intensive end-of-life medical services

R Gidwani-Marszowski, SM Asch, V Mor… - JAMA Network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite recommendations to reduce intensive medical treatment at the end of
life, many patients with cancer continue to receive such services. Objective To quantify …

HIV risk factors among patients with tuberculosis—Botswana 1999

EA Talbot, TA Kenyon, TL Moeti… - … journal of STD & …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
To identify factors associated with HIV in Botswana, a standardized questionnaire was
administered to 135 tuberculosis patients with known HIV status. HIV-positive patients were …

[HTML][HTML] Modifiers of and Disparities in Palliative and Supportive Care Timing and Utilization among Neurosurgical Patients with Malignant Central Nervous System …

MC Jin, G Hsin, J Ratliff, R Thomas, CC Zygourakis… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Guidelines recommend early initiation of palliative care (PC) for patients
with advanced cancers. Central nervous system (CNS) malignancies pose particular …

Palliative care clinicians and online education in India: A survey

T Kiss-Lane, O Spruijt, T Day, V Lam… - BMJ Supportive & …, 2019 - spcare.bmj.com
Background Whether online resources can facilitate spread of palliative care knowledge and
skills in India is an urgent question given few providers and a large, ageing population …

End‐of‐Life Cost Trajectories in Cancer Patients Treated by Medicare versus the Veterans Health Administration

R Gidwani, SM Asch, J Needleman… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES To evaluate differences in end‐of‐life cost trajectories for
cancer patients treated through Medicare versus by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) …

Duodenal obstruction secondary to bay leaf impaction

TK Tsang, MJ Flais, G Hsin - Annals of internal medicine, 1999 - acpjournals.org
Wallace and colleagues (1) conclude that colonoscopy is unnecessary in patients found to
have single tubular adenomas 5 mm or less in diameter during screening sigmoidoscopy …

Moving Beyond “Tell Me More”: Level Up Your Approach to Cross-Cultural Interactions (VF205)

I Yeh, G Hsin - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Outcomes 1. Understand the conceptual model of low-context and high-context
communication as it relates to different cultural groups 2. Identify the presence of …