Is This ACP? A Focus Group Study of Patient Experiences of Advance Care Planning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, most research on patients' experiences with advance care planning (ACP) focuses on motivations to engage in discussions and how patients prepare. Gaps remain in understanding how non-critically ill Medicare patients perceive ACP encounters, including how they characterize positive and negative experiences with ACP.

Objectives

Understanding these patients' perceptions is imperative as Medicare has sought to incentivize provision of ACP services via two billing codes in 2016.

Design

Qualitative focus group study. Thematic analysis was performed to assess participants ACP experience.

Participants

Medicare beneficiaries who had engaged in or were billed for ACP.

Key results

Seven focus groups were conducted with 34 Medicare beneficiaries

SUBMITTER: Reich AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086090 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature