Implementing physician orders for life-sustaining treatment in California hospitals: Factors associated with adoption

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1337-1344

  Sugiyama, Takehiro ^a,b   Zingmond, David ^a   Lorenz, Karl A ^c   Diamant, Allison ^a   O'Malley, Kate ^d   Citko, Judy ^e   Gonzalez, Victor ^a   Wenger, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d California HealthCare Foundation   (United States)

^e Coalition for Compassionate Care of California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; community interventions; POLST

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL ORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; TELEPHONE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS; POLST;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSERVICE TRAINING; LIFE SUPPORT CARE;

EID: 84882263276     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12367     Document Type: Article

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