Table 2 Observational Data
Data source | Items |
|---|---|
n/h file (all participants) | hospital stays; death; evidence of advance care plan/advance directive, if given: further details |
hospital file (if given) | mode and cause of hospitalization |
length of stay in the hospital/in the intensive care unit | |
index surgical or medical interventions, including CPR, endotracheal ventilation (days), feeding tube insertion, endoscopy and CT/MRI imaging | |
evidence of advance care plan/AD: filed copy or note in discharge letter | |
file and last caregiver of deceased residents | place of dying |
CPR before death | |
presence of an advance care plan (e.g., AD, POLST) before death | |
caregiver's evaluation of the amount of suffering before death and of the appropriateness of palliative care | |
advance directive or physician's note of therapy restriction |