Variation in Serious Illness Communication among Surgical Patients Receiving Palliative Care.

ABSTRACT: Background: Natural language processing (NLP), a form of computer-assisted data abstraction, rapidly identifies serious illness communication domains such as code-status confirmation and goals of care (GOC) discussions within free-text notes, using a codebook of phrases. Differences in the phrases associated with palliative care for patients with different types of illness are unknown. Objective: To compare communication of code-status clarification and GOC discussions between patients with advanced pancreatic cancer undergoing palliative procedures and patients admitted with life-threatening trauma. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting/Subjects: Patients with in-hospital admissions within two academic medical centers. Me

SUBMITTER: Udelsman BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643760 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature