Comments on GeriPal - Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog: Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia: It's all About...

Eric, thank you for posting this great article con...

2010-02-12T23:35:59.546-08:00

Eric, thank you for posting this great article containing very useful information for families with loved ones staying at a nursing home. This issue is important.

Thanks for highlighting this article. It is impor...

2010-02-11T15:20:20.767-08:00

Thanks for highlighting this article. It is important. A big (unsupported) criticism of The Dartmouth Atlas is that they don't control for patient variability well enough.

This article is one of the best yet showing that patients have nearly nothing to do with the variation seen. Practitioners, influenced by local norms and 'standards of care' really seem to be the big drivers of regional variation.

Another study suggesting great variation in late-l...

2010-02-11T09:00:24.054-08:00

Another study suggesting great variation in late-life care practices, and another study suggesting that the Dartmouth Medical Atlas yields meaningful information on "better-performing" communities and hospitals in late-life care.