Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - archive of articles and reports

NHPCO regularly contributes both general and research based articles to JPSM.  In addition, NHPCO sponsors a special section of the journal titled Practice Reports.  This section showcases hospice and palliative care providers who have undertaken quality improvement projects or have conducted internal descriptive investigations aimed at quality improvement or improving access to care.  For information on submitting an article or Practice Report to JPSM contact the NHPCO Research department.

NHPCO Articles from JPSM (PDF)

(Click on the links for the article abstract) 2011:

• Cancer-Related Pain and Disability: A Longitudinal Study - (December 2011)
• The Use of Palliative Care Services Associated with Better Dying Circumstances. Results From an Epidemiological Population-Based Study in the Brussels Metropolitan Region - (December 2011)
• Urgent Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Deactivation by Unconventional Means - (December 2011)
• Implementation and Evaluation of an Automated Patient Death Notification Policy at a Tertiary Pediatric Oncology Referral Center - (November 2011)
• A Rapid Two-Stage Screening Protocol for Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative - (November 2011)
• Collecting Data on Quality Is Feasible in Community-Based Palliative Care - (November 2011)
• Implementation and Evaluation of a Network-Based Pilot Program to Improve Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit - (November 2011)
• Using the Improving Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit (IPAL-ICU) Project to Promote Palliative Care Consultation - (November 2011)
• A Model for Increasing Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit: Enhancing Interprofessional Consultation Rates and Communication - (November 2011)
• Navigating Tensions: Integrating Palliative Care Consultation Services Into an Academic Medical Center Setting - (November 2011)
• Responding to Surrogate Requests That Seem Inconsistent With a Patient’s Living Will - (November 2011)

2010:

• NHPCO Position Statement and Commentary on the Use of Palliative Sedation in Imminently Dying Terminally Ill Patients - (May 2010)
• Got Volunteers? Association of Hospice Use of Volunteers with Bereaved Family Members’ Overall Rating of the Quality of End-of-Life Care – March 2010 (PDF)
• Hospices' Preparation and Practices for Quality Measurement - January 2010 (PDF)

2009:

• Hospice Care in the Nursing Home Setting: A Review of the Literature - September 2009

2008:

• "Bereaved Family Members' Evaluation of Hospice Care: What Factors Influence Overall Satisfaction with Services" - April 2008 (PDF)
• "Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia: Does Volume Make a Difference?" - March 2008

2007:

• "African American Bereaved Family Members' Perception of the Quality of Hospice Care: Lessened Disparities, But Opportunities to Improve Remain" - November 2007
• "How Well Are We Supporting Hospice Staff? Initial Results of the Survey of Team Attitudes and Relationships (STAR) Validation Study" - October 2007
• "Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002" - September 2007
• "Timing of Referral to Hospice and Quality of Care:  Length of Stay and Bereaved Family Members’ Perceptions of the Timing of Hospice Referral" - August 2007
•  "Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia" - July 2007
• “The National Agenda For Quality Palliative Care: The National Consensus Project and the National Quality Forum” - June 2007
• “Caregiver Thoughts and Feelings in Response to Different Perspective-Taking Prompts” - April 2007
• "Comparing Hospice and NonHospice Patients Survival Among Patients Who Die Within a Three-Year Window" - March 2007
• “Validation of the Missoula-Vitas Quality-of-Life Index Among Patients with Advanced AIDS in Urban Kampala, Uganda” - February 2007
• “Hospice Partnerships with Academic Entities: Philosophical and Historical Background and Assessment of Future Needs,” - January 2007

2006:

• "Opioid Use and Survival at the End of Life: A Survey of a Hospice Population," - December 2006

2005:

• "Family Evaluation of Hospice Care: Results from Voluntary Submission of Data Via Web site," - July 2005
• "The National Hospice Outcomes Project: Development and Implementation of a Multi-State Hospice Outcomes Study," - March 2005
• "Transformative Aspects of Caregiving at Life's End," - February 2005
• "Barriers to Effective Symptom Management in Hospice," - January 2005

2004:

• "The Opportunity for Collaborative Care Provision: the Presence of Nursing Home/Hospice Collaborations in the U.S. States," - December 2004
• "Development of the NHPCO Research Agenda," - November 2004
• "Measuring Hospice Care: the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization National Hospice Data Set," - October 2004
• "Medicare Cost in Matched Hospice and Non-Hospice Cohorts," - September 2004.

Select NHPCO Practice Reports (PDF)

• "Implementation of a Massage Therapy Program in the Home Hospice Setting,"  - July 2005
• "Hospice Care for Heart Failure Patients," - May 2005
• "Palliative Care Management Services in a Medicare Social HMO," - January 2005
• "Implementation of an Ad Hoc Hospital-Based Palliative Care Consult Service," - November 2004
• "Performance Improvement Program for Reducing Home Health Care Costs in Hospice," - October 2004
• "Improving Referral of Patients to Hospice Through Community Physician Outreach," - September 2004

NHPCO Editorals

• September 2004

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