End-of-Life Care Planning in Accountable Care Organizations: Associations with Organizational Characteristics and Capabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the extent to which accountable care organizations (ACOs) have adopted end-of-life (EOL) care planning processes and characterize those ACOs that have established processes related to EOL.

Data sources

This study uses data from three waves (2012-2015) of the National Survey of ACOs. Respondents were 397 ACOs participating in Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial ACO contracts.

Study design

This is a cross-sectional survey study using multivariate ordered logit regression models. We measured the extent to which the ACO had adopted EOL care planning processes as well as organizational characteristics, including care management, utilization management, health informatics, and shared decision-making capabilities, palliative care, and patient-centered med

SUBMITTER: Ahluwalia SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5980135 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature