Our nation's population is aging, and people are living with more chronic complex illnesses.
These conditions now include augmentative concerns, such as cognitive decline and frailty …

Of the advances in medicine in the past half century, the development of hospice and the
integration of palliative medicine into health systems have been among the most impactful …

Importance The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has been associated
with a reduction in readmission rates for heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) …

Background End-of-life practices vary among intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide.
Differences can result in variable use of disproportionate or non-beneficial life-sustaining …

Importance Although hospice use is increasing and patients in the US are increasingly dying
at home, racial disparities in treatment intensity at the end of life, including hospice use …

Objective To measure the associations between newly initiated palliative care in the last six
months of life, healthcare use, and location of death in adults dying from non-cancer illness …

Importance Nearly 10% of the 1.5 million persons residing in nursing homes (NHs) have
received or will receive a diagnosis of cancer. Although aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care is …

Importance Family surrogates of patients who die in an intensive care unit (ICU) are at risk of
cooccurring prolonged grief disorder (PGD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and …

Methods| In this cohort study, we used Nielsen Retail Scanner Data of sales volume
(reported in 4-week cycles) of menthol and nonflavored cigarette brands sold by US-based …

Background Home-based palliative care (HPC) is considered to moderate the problem of
rising healthcare utilization of cancer patients at end-of-life. Reports however suggest a …