Low Completion and Disparities in Advance Care Planning Activities Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries

JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Dec 1;176(12):1872-1875. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6751.

Authors

Krista L Harrison¹, Emily R Adrion², Christine S Ritchie³, Rebecca L Sudore¹, Alexander K Smith¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco2San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
² Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Advance Care Planning / statistics & numerical data*
Aged
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medicare
Prevalence
Risk Factors
United States

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