Changing Institutional Culture Around Hospice Using LEAN Tools to Improve Hospice Utilization in a Veteran Population.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.03.021
Abstract: BACKGROUND Longer hospice length of stay improves the palliation of symptoms, quality of life, and the dying process for patients and their caregivers. We used a Lean designed Rapid Improvement Event (RIE) to facilitate earlier… read more here.
Keywords: utilization; changing institutional; hospice; lean tools ... See more keywords
Predicting Length of Hospice Stay: An Application of Quantile Regression.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2018.0039
Abstract: BACKGROUND Use of the Medicare hospice benefit has been associated with high-quality care at the end of life, and hospice length of use in particular has been used as a proxy for appropriate timing of… read more here.
Keywords: quantile regression; use; regression; patient characteristics ... See more keywords
End-of-life characteristics associated with short hospice length of service for patients with solid tumors enrolled on phase I clinical trials.
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e24005
Abstract: e24005Background: Patients participating in phase I trials represent a population with advanced cancer and symptoms, with QOL implications from both disease and treatment. Transitions to end of lif... read more here.
Keywords: end life; short hospice; associated short; life characteristics ... See more keywords
Hospice length of service in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers treated at an NCI-designated cancer center.
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.4_suppl.812
Abstract: 812Background: Hospice Length of service (LOS) is a Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) measure, and an established metric of end-of-life (EOL) care. Short hospice LOS is associated with lo... read more here.
Keywords: hospice; oncology; length service; hospice length ... See more keywords