Table 1. Frequencies of most important goals of care selections among patients and surrogates, and goals of care categorizations by investigators.

Goal of Care Affirmed	Patients' closed-ended selections (N=20)*	Surrogates' closed-ended selections (N=80)*	Investigators' consensus categorizations of participants' open-ended responses
Cure	1 (5%)	24 (30%)	11
Live longer	0 (0%)	5 (6%)	7
Improve/maintain health	5 (25%)	24 (30%)	60
Make comfortable	1 (5%)	14 (18%)	11
Accomplish life goals	8 (40%)	8 (10%)	6
Provide support for family/caregivers	3 (15%)	4 (5%)	0
Understanding diagnosis/prognosis			5
Other OR all equally important	2 (10%)	1 (1%)	0

^*A significant difference (p=.008) is noted between the frequency of patient and surrogates closed-ended selections.