Examining the Association of Billed Advance Care Planning With End-of-Life Hospital Admissions Among Advanced Cancer Patients in Hospice
Prater LC, O’Rourke B, Schnell P, Xu W, Li Y, Gustin J, Lockwood B, Lustberg M, White S, Happ MB, Retchin SM, Wickizer TM, Bose-Brill S. Examining the Association of Billed Advance Care Planning With End-of-Life Hospital Admissions Among Advanced Cancer Patients in Hospice. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2021, 39: 504-510. PMID: 34427154, DOI: 10.1177/10499091211039449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningDays of lifeHospital admissionAdvanced cancerCare planningACP servicesCross-sectional retrospective cohort studySystematic advance care planningLife hospital admissionsMedical claims analysisRetrospective cohort studyAdvanced cancer patientsInpatient hospital admissionsPopulation of patientsAdvanced cancer diagnosisQuality of careHospice referralCohort studyIBM MarketScanEOL outcomesInpatient admissionsStudy criteriaCancer patientsHospice careCare preferences