Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Acad Emerg Med
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To assess the percentage of adult patients presenting to an urban ED who have a written advance directive (AD) and to determine whether age, sex, a patient's perception of his or her health status, and having a regular physician are associated with the patient's having an AD. ⋯ Only 27% of the adult patients presenting to the ED had an AD. Older age, the patient's perception of his or her health status as ill, and having a "regular" physician increased the likelihood of having an AD.