title: Study population in SUPPORT: patients (as defined by disease categories and mortality projections), surrogates, and physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Knaus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lynn
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality; D002388:Catastrophic Illness / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D003128:Coma / Q000401:mortality; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000401:mortality; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000401:mortality; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000401:mortality; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012107:Research Design; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality; D014481:United States