Automatable end‐of‐life screening for older adults in the emergency department using electronic health records
Haimovich A, Xu W, Wei A, Schonberg M, Hwang U, Taylor R. Automatable end‐of‐life screening for older adults in the emergency department using electronic health records. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 71: 1829-1839. PMID: 36744550, PMCID: PMC10258151, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningDecision curve analysisLife screeningComorbidity indexCode statusPrognostic modelHealth systemOlder adultsCurve analysisOlder ED patientsPalliative care interventionsObservational cohort studyEmergency department visitsPalliative care servicesElixhauser Comorbidity IndexReceiver-operating characteristic curveIdentification of patientsMultivariable logistic regressionLarge regional health systemLife-limiting illnessRisk older adultsCode status ordersLife Screening ToolMortality predictive modelsElectronic health records