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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. Eric: VA people will know what that is.

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary health care workers in a district of Istanbul: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

BMJ

Hence, we conducted this study to determine the risk perceptions of primary care workers for COVID-19 vaccines and the predictive factors in their willingness to have the COVID-19 vaccine before vaccination, which started on January 14, 2021, in Turkey. 150 (54.3) p<0.001 Doctor 83 (65.9) 126 (45.7) 162 (58.7) 228 (82.6)

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

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And so I did all of my research training in health services research, health policy, and then was very grateful to be recruited by Dr. Christine Ritchie when she transitioned here to MGH in September of 2020. And so I knew that I wanted to do something related to palliative care because I work with people with advanced and serious illness.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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It was really at the level of the ED across 33 EDs in random order, and then tried to see if we could make a difference in healthcare utilization, primarily the primary outcome was admission to the hospital, acute care admission. Eric 08:45 Why did you choose that as a primary outcome? Fernando, what do you think?