Abstract: Declining response rates pose a threat to the validity of large surveys designed to measure quality of care. For over a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs has …
Abstract: Background: Goals of care conversations and documentation of life-sustaining treatment (LST) preferences through durable, portable medical orders are critical for …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: While the Veterans Health Administration (VA) has long provided hospice care within VA community living centers (CLCs, i.e., VA nursing homes), an increasing …
Abstract: Despite evidence that structured goals of care conversations (GoCCs) and documentation of life-sustaining treatment (LST) preferences improve the delivery of …