Strategies to Make Advance Care Planning More Effective ...

Mar 26, 2003 · JAMA 200;283:1437-1444.) found that the use of educational materials based on a book entitled Let Me Decide led to decreased hospitalizations and cost savings ($1200/patient over 18 month study period) in six Ontario nursing homes. Ditto study (Ditto PH, Danks JH, Smuchker WD, et al. Advance directives as acts of communication. ................
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