Improving advanced illness care: the evolution of state POLST programs
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research report (AARP Public Policy Institute)
- Contributor(s):
- Sabatino, Charles P. Karp, Naomi. AARP (Organization) Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2011
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Advance Care Planning -- legislation & jurisprudence Advance Care Planning -- trends Advance Directives -- legislation & jurisprudence Advance Directives -- trends Resuscitation Orders -- legislation & jurisprudence Forecasting Models, Organizational Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a promising program to elicit and honor the treatment goals of people with advanced progressive illness or frailty. POLST began in Oregon in the early 1990s. By the beginning of 2010, at least 12 states had adopted the POLST paradigm, and proponents in most other states were developing programs. The current study explores the experience of 12 states with POLST programs to identify factors that helped or hindered adoption and meaningful implementation of the protocol.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101564996 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101564996