… advance directive documentation and death was 1.2 years. Almost all advance directive …
Data from the decedents' medical records and death certificates were collected by an accredited …

… from adult deaths among nontraumatic deaths in … deaths that year, and 17 of the remaining
states (except for South Dakota because of laws pertaining to the release of death certificates) …

… and Franciscan Skemp Healthcare institutional review boards, we conducted a retrospective
review of the medical record and death certificate data of adults who died between …

… information from every death certificate recorded in the US, including the ICD-9 code(s)
denoting underlying cause of death and any other (secondary) cause of death. The NCHS data …

… Using electronic health records (EHR) and death certificates, … if the death certificate indicated
a cause of death due to “… an affiliated hospital in the two years before death; or, at least two …

… death included death certificates filed in Olmsted County, obituary notices, and electronic files
of death certificates … Whether the patient died during follow-up and the date of death when …

… least 1 year before death. White decedents were more likely to have an advance directive
than … Strengths of this study were the use of state death certificates to achieve a large sampling …

… their treatment and to enact advance directives (ADs) to ensure … an AD at the time of their
death. In addition, the Respecting … advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) certification …

… Death Certificates from 1992 to estimate the prevalence and effect of advance directives. …
Results: More than 50% of decedents reportedly completed an advance directive. Individuals …

… advance directive forms, and demographic differences between patients who did and did
not complete advance directive … using an adapted advance directive attitude survey (ADAS), …