Assessment of Variability in End-of-Life Care Delivery in Intensive Care Units in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Overall, 1 of 5 decedents in the United States is admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) before death.

Objective

To describe structures, processes, and variability of end-of-life care delivered in ICUs in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide cohort study used data on 16 945 adults who were cared for in ICUs that participated in the 68-unit ICU Liberation Collaborative quality improvement project from January 2015 through April 2017. Data were analyzed between August 2018 and June 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Published quality measures and end-of-life events, organized by key domains of end-of-life care in the ICU.

Results

Of 16 945 eligible patients in the collaborative, 1536 (9.1%) died during their initi

SUBMITTER: Kruser JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6991207 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature