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1 Corita R. Grudzen, MD, MSHS Department of Emergency Medicine Brookdale Dept of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine R. Sean Morrison, MD & Lynne D. Richardson, MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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6 identify the palliative care needs of older adults in the ED explore attitudes and beliefs among emergency providers regarding palliative care identify hospital-level factors that affect the availability and delivery of palliative care in the ED

7 cross-sectional, structured survey of PC needs 50 older adults with chronic disease tertiary care center, municipal, and community hospital Focus groups with emergency providers 15 semi-structured individual interviews

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9 Emergency Providers: medico-legal, time, lack of skills, outside mission of emergency medicine Key Informants: patient and family satisfaction, decrease utilization of ICU/monitored beds

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