Table 2.

Patient Report/Medical Record Comparison for Preference Documentation, Advance Directive, and Surrogate Decision-Maker

	ACOVE-1 (N = 245)		ACOVE-2 (N = 566)
	N (%)	Information present in chart, %	N(%)	Information present in chart, %
Preferences
Has thought about limiting aggressiveness of medical care	92 (38)	15	NA	NA
Spoke to doctor about limiting aggressiveness of medical care	59 (24)	22	NA	NA
Prefers not to receive resuscitation	81 (34)b	17	NA	NA
Prefers to die rather than remain permanently in coma	228 (93)	16	NA	NA
Prefers to die rather than remain permanently ventilated	207 (90)c	16	NA	NA
Prefers to die rather than remain permanently tube fed	203 (88)d	15	NA	NA
Written advance directives (AD)a
Patient completed AD and gave to health-care provider	109 (44)	15	221 (39)	47
Patient completed AD and did not give to health-care provider	48 (20)	8	159 (28)	17
Patient completed AD and does not know/data missing	7 (3)	14	33 (6)	33
Patient stated that AD never completed	80 (33)	0	146 (26)	11

	ACOVE-1 (N = 80)		ACOVE-2 (N = 146)
Surrogate decision-maker information if no AD completed per interview	N (%)	Information present in chart, %	N (%)	Information present in chart, %
Patient stated gave surrogate information to health-care provider	24 (30)	0	43 (29)	16
Patient stated did NOT give surrogate information to health-care provider	54 (68)	0	101 (69)	5
Patient does not know if gave surrogate information to health-care provider	2 (3)	0	2 (1)	0

For both ACOVE-1 and ACOVE-2, the left column represents the number and percentage of patients as a proportion of the denominator listed in the header. The right column represents the percentage of patients in the left column for whom any kind of preference, advance directive, or surrogate information was present in the medical record. NA = not applicable.

^aOne additional patient (ACOVE-1) and seven additional patients (ACOVE-2) not represented in the column did not know whether they had completed an AD.

^bn = 238.

^cn = 229.

^dn = 230.