Open Access
Determining the Association Between End-of-Life Care Resources and Patient Outcomes in Pennsylvania ICUs*
Author(s) -
Deepshikha Charan Ashana,
Craig A Umscheid,
Alisa J. StephensShields,
Rachel Kohn,
Vanessa Madden,
Michael O. Harhay,
Yong Chen,
Meeta Prasad Kerlin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000003969
Subject(s) - medicine , end of life care , odds ratio , odds , palliative care , intensive care , emergency medicine , logistic regression , intensive care medicine , mechanical ventilation , resuscitation , nursing
As ICUs are increasingly a site of end-of-life care, many have adopted end-of-life care resources. We sought to determine the association of such resources with outcomes of ICU patients.