A cluster randomized controlled trial on the effects and costs of advance care planning in elderly care: Study protocol

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Korfage, Ida J ^a   Rietjens, Judith A C ^a   Overbeek, Anouk ^a   Jabbarian, Lea J ^a   Billekens, Pascalle ^b   Hammes, Bernard J ^c   Hansen Van Der Meer, Ellen ^b   Polinder, Suzanne ^a   Severijnen, Johan ^b   Swart, Siebe J ^b   Witkamp, Frederika E ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Laurens Nursing Home 'Antonius IJsselmonde'   (Netherlands)

^c GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Cost effectiveness; Elderly care; Patient activation; Quality of life; Respecting choices

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937437578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0087-z     Document Type: Article

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