Care preferences in physician orders for life sustaining treatment in California nursing homes.

Lee A Jennings Neil S WengerLi-Jung LiangPunam ParikhDavid PowellJose J EscarceDavid Zingmond

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)

Six years after a state mandate to document POLST completion in NHs, most California NH residents have a POLST, and about half of long-stay residents have orders to limit life-sustaining treatment. Future work should focus on determining the quality of care preference decisions documented in POLST.

Keyphrases

healthcare
quality improvement
palliative care
emergency department
primary care
patient safety
current status
affordable care act