Description
The goal of this pilot project is to determine the prevalence of pre-operative documentation of ACP among older, high-risk surgical patients with MCC and the patient characteristics associated with ACP documentation.
PI is Victoria Tang, MD, MAS, UCSF; site PI is Ellis Dillon, Ph.D. Co-investigators are Ming Tai-Seale, Ph.D., MPH; Rebecca Sudore, M.D., UCSF; Yan Yang, Ph.D., PAMF Research Institute; and John Boscardin, Ph.D., UCSF.
Principal Investigator
Ellis C. Dillon, Ph.D., External PI, Principal Investigator
Funder
National Institute on Aging (through Health Care Systems Research Network and the Older American Independence Centers AGING Initiative
Start Date
December 01, 2016
End Date
November 30, 2017
Research Topics
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