Case Study
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Access to Advance Care Planning Documents Lowers In-Hospital Death and Increases Hospice Use
Vynca took a look at client data from a health system to understand if there is a correlation between the presence of a POLST form in Vynca and the place of death, one full year (1/1/18 to 12/31/18) of death data was examined. Included were patients who died of natural causes (N on death certificate) and were 65 years and older at the time of death. This resulted in 3,029 decedents and 1,753 POLST forms.
