Advance Care Planning Norms May Contribute to Hospital Variation in End-of-Life ICU Use: A Simulation Study

Conclusions: In this simulation study of 2 AMCs, hospital-based physicians had different perceptions of an identical case. We hypothesize that different advance care planning norms may have influenced their decision-making heuristics.

Source: Medical Decision Making - April 16, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Barnato, A. E., Mohan, D., Lane, R. K., Huang, Y. M., Angus, D. C., Farris, C., Arnold, R. M. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research