Temporal Trends, Setting, and Timing of Palliative and Hospice Care in COPD in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2020
Despite an increase in palliative care use over the past decade among veterans with COPD, our findings indicate that most did not receive palliative care or Veterans Affairs inpatient hospice within their final year of life. Those who received palliative care received it late in the illness course. These results highlight the need for targeted strategies to increase access to palliative care and hospice services for patients with COPD.
Authors
- Dio Kavalieratos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5283-0792)
- David Au
- Camille P. Vaughan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6713-794X)
- Natasha Smallwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-3586)
- Robert Plumley
- Lynn F. Reinke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-9513)
- Donald Richard Sullivan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3266-3389)
- Kevin I. Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8542-6611)
- Jordan A. Kempker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6830-5201)
- Yanru Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6223-4449)
- Shelli L. Feder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8059-9281)
- Sarah H. Cross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-5273)
- Natalia Smirnova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2964-2512)
Institutions
- Pulmonary and Allergy Associates (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- CHEST Pulmonary
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chpulm.2025.100171
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52
Funders
- CHEST Foundation
- Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
- National Institute on Aging
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute