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Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for

Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for Individuals with Dementia: Final Report

Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for Individuals with Dementia: Final Report Ila H. Broyles, PhD; Amy Huebeler, BS; Ira Dave, MS; Emily Graf, BA; Qinghua Li, PhD; Lauren Palmer, PhD; Zhanlian Feng, PhD; and Sarita L. Karon, PhD RTI International January 2020 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (50 PDF pages)
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Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for

Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for Individuals with Dementia: Final Report

Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, is a neurocognitive disease affecting an individual’s cognitive function and behavior. Dementia is a leading cause of death and is particularly prevalent at the end of life (EOL) in older adults. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the patterns of decline for adults with
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Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for Individuals with Dementia Issue Brief

Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for Individuals with Dementia Issue Brief Ila H. Broyles, PhD; Amy Huebeler, BS; Ira Dave, MS; Emily Graf, BA; Qinghua Li, PhD; Lauren Palmer, PhD; Zhanlian Feng, PhD; and Sarita L. Karon, PhD RTI International January 2020 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (4 PDF pages)
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Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for

Functional Trajectories at the End of Life for Individuals with Dementia Issue Brief

Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, is a neurocognitive disease affecting an individual’s cognitive function and behavior. Dementia is a leading cause of death and is particularly prevalent at the end of life (EOL) in older adults. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the patterns of decline for adults with
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Trends in Nursing Home-Hospice Contracting and

Trends in Nursing Home-Hospice Contracting and Common Ownership between Hospice Agencies and Nursing Homes: Final Report

Between 2005 and 2015, the number of hospice agencies with common ownership to nursing homes nearly quintupled in number and now represents almost 1-in-5 hospice agencies participating in the Medicare program. Using data from 2005-2015, the report describes: (1) trends in nursing home-hospice contracting relationships and in common ownership betwe
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Trends in Nursing Home-Hospice Contracting and

Trends in Nursing Home-Hospice Contracting and Common Ownership between Hospice Agencies and Nursing Homes: Final Report

David Stevenson, Nicholas Sinclair, and Shiyuan Zhang Vanderbilt School of Medicine Laurie Meneades and Haiden Huskamp Harvard Medical School November 16, 2018 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (43 PDF pages)
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Tracking the Impact of Ownership Changes in

Tracking the Impact of Ownership Changes in Hospice Care Provided to Medicare Beneficiaries: Final Report

This study examines hospice ownership in detail by going beyond the general distinction of for-profit or not-for-profit and considers the extent to which regional or national chains have entered the hospice provider market and how the populations they care for and the services they provide might be distinct from other types of hospice agencies.
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Tracking the Impact of Ownership Changes in

Tracking the Impact of Ownership Changes in Hospice Care Provided to Medicare Beneficiaries: Final Report

David Stevenson, Emily Krone, and Robert Gambrel Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine Laurie Meneades and Haiden Huskamp Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School January 19, 2017 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (39 PDF pages)
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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

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   Important Questions for Hospice in the Next Century Executive Summary
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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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