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Provider of Consent Stratified by Consent Capacity.
| Patients’ Ability to Consent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consent by patient | Capable of consent (n = 276) | Incapable of consent (n = 218) | |
| Yes | 227 (82.2%) | 48 (22.0%) | |
| Yes and Health Care Proxy signed | 18 (6.5%) | 34 (15.6%) | |
| No | 27 (9.8%) | 136 (62.4%) | |
| Not in chart | 4 (1.4%) | ||
| Patients Capable of Consent | |||
| Patient Consent (n = 245) | Proxy Consent (n = 27) | ||
| Age | |||
| 65 - 79 | 108 (44.1%) | 7 (25.9%) | p = 0.07 |
| 80+ | 137 (55.9%) | 20 (74.1%) | |
