title: Can outcomes data help patients make end-of-life decisions?
abstract: Would knowing outcomes data help critically ill patients make choices about their care, and help clinicians in advising them? To answer that question, six hospitals are currently collecting outcomes data for nine critical conditions as part of a new study.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Koska
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D006302:Health Services Research; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States