Factors influencing palliative care referral for hospitalised patients with heart failure: an exploratory, randomised, multi-institutional survey of hospitalists and cardiologists
Abedini NC, Guo G, Hummel SL, Bozaan D, Beasley M, Cowger J, Chopra V. Factors influencing palliative care referral for hospitalised patients with heart failure: an exploratory, randomised, multi-institutional survey of hospitalists and cardiologists. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e040857. PMID: 33323440, PMCID: PMC7745336, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative care referralAdvanced heart failureHeart failureOutpatient cardiologistCare referralProvider specialtyReferral decisionsAcute heart failure exacerbationPredictive marginsAdvance care planning documentationMichigan chapterPrior hospital admissionsHeart failure exacerbationAcute renal failureInpatient palliative carePalliative care deliveryCare planning documentationPalliative care guidelinesNumber of patientsAdvance care planningRenal failureSecondary outcomesHospital admissionPrimary outcomeIllness severity