Patient Risk Factor Profiles Associated With the Timing of Goals-of-Care Consultation Before Death: A Classification and Regression Tree Analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: A majority of patients received PCC close to death. A complex set of variable interactions were associated with PCC timing. A systematic process for engaging patients with PCC earlier in the care continuum, and in intensive care regardless of illness severity, is needed. PMID: 32602349 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32602349?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - June 29, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Starr LT, Ulrich CM, Junker P, Huang L, O'Connor NR, Meghani SH Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care Source Type: research