High-risk surgery in older adults with multiple comorbid conditions (MCC) leads to major life-altering complications for at least 1 in 5 patients. In order to prepare patients and families for these adverse outcomes, advance care planning (ACP) must occur in the pre-operative setting. Little is known about ACP among older adults with MCC.

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

External PI, Principal Investigator

Funder

National Institute on Aging (through Health Care Systems Research Network and the Older American Independence Centers AGING Initiative