Variation in the design of Do Not Resuscitate orders and other code status options: a multi-institutional qualitative study.

Jason N BattenJacob A BlytheSarah WietenMiriam Piven CotlerJoshua B KayserKarin Porter-WilliamsonStephanie HarmanElizabeth DzengDavid Magnus

Published in: BMJ quality & safety (2020)

There are substantive differences in the design of hospital code status options that may contribute to known variability in end-of-life care and treatment intensity among US hospitals. Our framework can be used to design hospital code status options or evaluate their function.

Keyphrases

acute care
adverse drug
high intensity
emergency department
combination therapy
smoking cessation