Publications

Hospice Care

M. Alexander and N.A. Christakis, "Bias and Asymmetric Loss in Expert Forecasts: A Study of Physician Prognostic Behavior with Respect to Patient Survival," Journal of Health Economics  27(4): 1095-1108 (July 2008) MS#086

S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Racial Disparity in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002," Palliative Medicine  22(3): 205-213 (April 2008) MS#084

S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002," Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 34(3): 277-285 (September 2007) MS#080

N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "The Health Impact on Families of Health Care: A Matched Cohort Study of Hospice Use by Decedents and Mortality Outcomes in Surviving, Widowed Spouses," Social Science and Medicine  57(3): 465-475 (August 2003) MS#062

T.J. Iwashyna, V.W. Chang, J.X. Zhang, and N.A. Christakis, "The Lack of Effect of Market Structure on Hospice Use," Health Services Research  37(6): 1531-1551 (December 2002) MS#056

T.J. Iwashyna, J.X. Zhang, and N.A. Christakis, "Disease-Specific Patterns of Hospice and Related Healthcare Use in an Incidence Cohort of Seriously Ill Elderly Patients," Journal of Palliative Medicine  5(4): 531-538 (August 2002) MS#053

E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "Physician Factors in the Timing of Cancer Patient Referral to Hospice Palliative Care," Cancer  94(10): 2733-2737 (May 2002) MS#051

E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "Prognostic Disclosure to Patients with Cancer Near the End of Life," Annals of Internal Medicine  133(12): 1096-1105 (June 2001)
MS#046  (Editorial)

N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "The Impact of Individual and Market Factors on the Timing of Initiation of Hospice Terminal Care," Medical Care  38(5): 528-541 (May 2000) MS#043

N.A. Christakis and E.B. Lamont, "Extent and Determinants of Error in Doctors' Prognoses for Terminally Ill Patients: Prospective Cohort Study," British Medical Journal  320(7233): 469-473 (February 2000); reprinted in The Western Journal of Medicine  172(5): 310-313 (May 2000) MS#041  (Editorial)

T.J. Iwashyna and N.A. Christakis, "Attitude and Self-Reported Practice Regarding Hospice Referral in a National Sample of Internists," Journal of Palliative Medicine 1(3): 241-248  (September 1998) MS#032

N.A. Christakis, "Predicting Patient Survival Before and After Hospice Enrollment," The Hospice Journal  13(1-2): 71-87 (March 1998) MS#031

N.A. Christakis and J.J. Escarce, "Survival of Medicare Patients After Enrollment in Hospice Programs," New England Journal of Medicine  335(3): 172-178 (July 1996); partially reprinted in A.O. Berg, Year Book of Family Practice, St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1998 MS#026

N.A. Christakis, "Timing of Referral of Terminally Ill Patients to an Outpatient Hospice," Journal of General Internal Medicine  9(6): 314-320 (June 1994) MS#016

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