JACC. Heart failure
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JACC. Heart failure · Feb 2015
Multicenter StudyAdvance directives among hospitalized patients with heart failure.
The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency and correlates of documented advance directives (ADs) among patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF). ⋯ In a diverse population of hospitalized patients with HF, most did not have a documented AD in the medical records. Although several factors were associated with a higher probability, major opportunities exist for all subgroups of patients with HF to improve documentation of ADs.