Association of Billed Advance Care Planning with End-of-Life Care Intensity for 2017 Medicare Decedents.
Avni GuptaGinger JinAmanda ReichHolly G PrigersonKeren LadinDae KimDeepshikha Charan AshanaZara CooperScott D HalpernJoel S WeissmanPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)
Billed ACP visits were relatively uncommon among Medicare FFS decedents, but their occurrence was associated with less intensive EOL utilization. Further research on the variables affecting hospice use and expenditures in the EOL period is recommended to understand the relative role of ACP.