Publications by authors named "M A Aldridge"

Social determinants of health (SDOH) impacted the quality of home hospice care provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. Perspectives from professionals who provided care identify challenges and lessons learned from their experience. To examine hospice professionals' perspectives of how SDOH affected the delivery of high-quality home hospice care in New York City (NYC) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • The Eastern Long-Nosed Viper is one of Europe's most venomous snakes, and this study investigates how its venom varies from neonate (young) to adult stages, particularly in terms of procoagulant effects on human plasma.
  • Findings show that neonate venom is more potent in activating blood-clotting factors compared to adult venom, challenging previous assumptions about venom effects based solely on adult specimens.
  • Although all tested antivenoms can neutralize both venom types, they are generally more effective against adult venom, highlighting the need for further research on clinical implications of the observed venom variations.
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Context: The critical role of hospice and palliative care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is well recognized, but there is limited evidence to guide healthcare leadership through future crises.

Objectives: Our goal was to support future organizational resilience by exploring hospice and palliative team members' perspectives on crisis leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City (NYC).

Methods: This qualitative descriptive study used individual, semi-structured interviews of purposively sampled interdisciplinary team members.

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Private equity ownership across the US health care system is rapidly increasing, yet ownership structures are complex and opaque. We used an economic data set tracking mergers and acquisitions linked to Medicare data to identify private equity hospice acquisitions. Given the influence of for-profit ownership on hospice quality, transparent data on private equity investment are fundamental to ensuring high-quality end-of-life care.

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Background And Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic severely disrupted hospice care, yet there is little research regarding how widespread disruptions affected clinician and family decision-making. We aimed to understand how the pandemic affected structures, processes, and outcomes of end-of-life care.

Research Design And Methods: Retrospective narrative chart review of electronic health records of 61 patients referred and admitted to hospice from 3 New York City geriatrics practices who died between March 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021.

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