A comparative, retrospective, observational study of the prevalence, availability, and specificity of advance care plans in a county that implemented an advance care planning microsystem

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Bernard J HammesJacob D Gundrum

Abstract

To determine whether outcomes have changed over time for a managed, systematic approach to advance care planning (ACP). Retrospective comparison of medical record and death certificate data of adults who died over a 7-month period in 2007/08 with those of adults who died over an 11-month period in 1995/96. All healthcare organizations in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Five hundred forty adults who died in 1995/96 and 400 adults who died in 2007/08. A systematic ACP approach, Respecting Choices, collaboratively implemented in 1993 and continuously improved in subsequent years. Demographic and cause-of-death data were collected from death certificates. Type and content of any advance directive (AD), existence and content of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, and medical treatment provided at the location of death in the last 30 days of life were abstracted from the medical record. The recent data show a significantly greater prevalence of ADs (90% vs 85%, P=.02) and of availability of these directives in the medical record at the time of death (99.4% vs 95.2%, P<.001) than the data collected over 10 years ago. The new data suggest that quality efforts have improved the prevalence, clarity, and specificity of ADs. A sys...Continue Reading

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