Patient Priorities-Aligned Care for Older Adults With Multiple Conditions: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Older adults with multiple conditions receive health care that may be burdensome, of uncertain benefit, and not focused on what matters to them. Identifying and aligning care with patients' health priorities may improve outcomes.

Objective

To assess the association of receiving patient priorities care (PPC) vs usual care (UC) with relevant clinical outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

In this nonrandomized controlled trial with propensity adjustment, enrollment occurred between August 21, 2020, and May 14, 2021, with follow-up continuing through February 26, 2022. Patients who were aged 65 years or older and with 3 or more chronic conditions were enrolled at 1 PPC and 1 UC site within the Cleveland Clinic primary care multisite practice. Data analysi

SUBMITTER: Tinetti ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807252 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature