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Default Hospice Consultation in Comfort Measures Orders and Hospice Engagement

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.29973

August 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This quality improvement study examines the association of having a hospice consultation as default for patients given comfort measures orders with hospice engagement.

Corresponding Author: L. Scott Sussman, MD, Yale-New Haven Health System, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York St, New Haven, CT 06510 (Scott.Sussman@ynhh.org).

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