Palliative Care Exposure Relative to Predicted Risk of Six-Month Mortality in Hospitalized Adults.

Journal: Journal of pain and symptom management
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Abstract

CONTEXT: The optimal strategy for implementing mortality-predicting algorithms to facilitate clinical care, prognostic discussions, and palliative care interventions remains unknown.

Authors

  • Rajiv Agarwal
    Department of Medicine (R.A., J.G.W., M.B.K.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (R.A., J.G.W.), Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Electronic address: rajiv.agarwal@vumc.org.
  • Henry J Domenico
    Department of Biostatistics (H.J.D., D.W.B.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Office of Quality, Safety, and Risk Prevention (H.J.D., M.C.W., B.J.M., M.L.B.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Sreenivasa R Balla
    Health Information Technology (S.R.B.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Daniel W Byrne
    Department of Biostatistics (H.J.D., D.W.B.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Jennifer G Whisenant
    Department of Medicine (R.A., J.G.W., M.B.K.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (R.A., J.G.W.), Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Marcella C Woods
    Vanderbilt Office of Quality, Safety, and Risk Prevention (H.J.D., M.C.W., B.J.M., M.L.B.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Barbara J Martin
    Department of Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
  • Mohana B Karlekar
    Department of Medicine (R.A., J.G.W., M.B.K.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Marc L Bennett
    Vanderbilt Office of Quality, Safety, and Risk Prevention (H.J.D., M.C.W., B.J.M., M.L.B.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (M.L.B.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.