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Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 1;362(13):1211–1218. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa0907901

Table 3. Key Outcomes According to Advance-Directive Status among 999 Subjects ^*.

Outcome	Living Will (N = 444)	No Living Will (N=552)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	DPAHC (N = 589)	No DPAHC (N=407)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
	% of subjects			% of subjects

Death in a hospital	38.8	50.4	0.71 (0.47–1.07)	38.2	55.8	0.72 (0.55–0.93)

All care possible	8.1	27.7	0.33 (0.19–0.56)	13.4	27.0	0.54 (0.34–0.86)

Limited care	80.6	66.0	1.79 (1.28–2.50)	75.4	68.1	1.18 (0.75–1.85)

Comfort care	96.8	91.3	2.59 (1.06–6.31)	95.9	90.6	2.01 (0.89–4.52)

Percentages are weighted and were derived with the use of sampling weights from the Health and Retirement Study. DPAHC denotes durable power of attorney for health care.

Table 3. Key Outcomes According to Advance-Directive Status among 999 Subjects *.

Table 3. Key Outcomes According to Advance-Directive Status among 999 Subjects ^*.