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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning for

Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning for People with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning for People with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities Gary L. Stein, J.D., M.S.W. Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University October 2007 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/adacp.pdf (25 PDF pages)
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Literature Review on Advance Directives

Literature Review on Advance Directives

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Literature Review on Advance Directives Anne Wilkinson, Ph.D., Neil Wenger, M.D., M.P.H., and Lisa R. Shugarman, Ph.D. RAND Corporation June 2007 PDF Version (89 PDF pages)
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Synthesis and Analysis of Medicare's Hospice

Synthesis and Analysis of Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Executive Summary and Recommendations

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Synthesis and Analysis of Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Executive Summary and Recommendations Barbara Gage, Susan C. Miller, Vincent Mor, Beth Jackson and Jennie Harvell The MEDSTAT Group March 2000 PDF Version: /pdf-document/synthesis-and-analysis-medicares-hospice-benefit-executive-summ
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Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Use and

Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Use and Expenditures, 1996 Cohort

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Use and Expenditures, 1996 Cohort Barbara Gage, Ph.D., The MEDSTAT GroupThy Dao, The Urban Institute March 2000 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2000/96useexp.pdf (35 PDF pages)
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Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large

Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer Market

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Important Questions for Hospice in the Next

Important Questions for Hospice in the Next Century

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Synthesis and Analysis of Medicare's Hospice

Synthesis and Analysis of Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Executive Summary and Recommendations

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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning:

Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress

This report summarizes findings from a multidimensional effort. It reflects the perspectives of experts in end-of-life care, advance directives and advance care planning, individuals with disabilities and other nationwide stakeholders. Advance care planning and the use of advance directives provide mechanisms for ensuring individual autonomy at th
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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning:

Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Legal and Policy Issues

This paper begins with a brief synopsis of the common law and constitutional underpinnings of advance directive policy. Section III examines the incremental evolution of the relevant statutory law, followed by an analysis of a fundamental paradigm shift in public policy in Section IV. Then, Section V turns to a description of a possible next step
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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning for

Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning for People with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities

This paper describes the current status of advance directives and advance care planning in the disability community and identifies where gaps exist in policy, practice, and research. The aim is to better assure that the needs and issues of people with disabilities are considered and integrated into new policies designed to promote effective advanc
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Literature Review on Advance Directives

Literature Review on Advance Directives

This report examines the empirical evidence about the degree to which advance directives and advance care planning have met their intended goals. The authors explore what the medical literature reports concerning the use of advance directives and advance care planning, disparities among groups in their use, and interventions to enhance the use an
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Outcomes and Utilization for Hospice and Non-

Outcomes and Utilization for Hospice and Non-Hospice Nursing Facility Decedents

This comparative study first identifies and describes two cohorts of nursing facility decedents, those that did and did not elect Medicare hospice. Then, using data for up to one year prior to death, the study characterizes utilization and quality of care for these two cohorts. The influence of Medicare hospice on hospital utilization and symptom
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Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large

Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer Market

This study is part of a larger project exploring the use of hospice benefits and services provided by the Medicare program and to those who are privately insured. The MEDSTAT Group's contribution to the larger study is an examination of hospice benefits in commercial plans and the use of hospice benefits by persons commercially insured. In particu
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Important Questions for Hospice in the Next

Important Questions for Hospice in the Next Century

This report contains six main sections. The first focuses on hospice coverage policies and reviews the history of the Medicare hospice benefit, its current structure, and its influence on care of the dying. Also included is a description of hospice care covered by other insurers including state Medicaid programs and private employers. The second s
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Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Use and

Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Use and Expenditures, 1996 Cohort

This report presents information on Medicare's hospice benefit — who is using it, how it is being used, what costs are associated with its use, what costs precede hospice enrollment and how these vary by type of enrollee. This information will be important for understanding the role of Medicare's hospice benefit in the context of the other benef
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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress : Table 13

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Literature Review on Advance Directives : Table 1

Literature Review on Advance Directives : Table 1

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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation August 2008 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/ADCongRpt.pdf (302 PDF pages)
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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Legal and Policy Issues

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Legal and Policy Issues Charles P. Sabatino, J.D. American Bar Association, Commission on Law and Aging October 2007 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/adacplpi.pdf (39 PDF pages)
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Use of Medicare's Hospice Benefit by Nursing

Use of Medicare's Hospice Benefit by Nursing Facility Residents

Susan C. Miller, Pedro Gozalo and Vincent Mor Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University

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