Factors associated with discussion of care plans and code status at the time of hospital admission: results from the Multicenter Hospitalist Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital admission is a time when patients are sickest and also often encountering an entirely new set of caregivers. As a result, understanding and documenting a patient's care preferences at hospital admission is critically important.

Objective

To understand factors associated with documentation of care planning discussions in patients admitted to general medical services at 6 academic medical centers.

Design

Observational cohort study using data collected during the Multicenter Hospitalist Study, conducted between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2004.

Setting

Prospective trial enrolling patients admitted to general medicine services at 6 university-based teaching hospitals.

Patients

Patients were eligible for this study if they were 18 years of a

SUBMITTER: Auerbach AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3049295 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature