The Association of Advance Care Planning Documentation and End-of-Life Healthcare Use Among Patients With Multimorbidity.
Cara L McDermottRuth A EngelbergNita KhandelwalJill M SteinerLaura C FeemsterJames SibleyWilliam B LoberJ Randall CurtisPublished in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2020)
Patients with dementia and multimorbidity had the highest odds of high-intensity end-of-life care. For patients with dementia, heart failure, or pulmonary disease, ACP documentation >30 days before death was associated with lower likelihood of in-hospital death, hospitalization, and ICU use at end-of-life, regardless of multimorbidity.
Keyphrases
- advance care planning
- high intensity
- healthcare
- mild cognitive impairment
- heart failure
- cognitive impairment
- resistance training
- pulmonary hypertension
- intensive care unit
- electronic health record
- left ventricular
- mechanical ventilation
- body composition
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- social media
- acute respiratory distress syndrome