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Feasibility of Group Visits for Advance Care Planning Among Patients with Heart Failure and Their Caregivers

Julia I. Bandini, Alexis Coulourides Kogan, Bonnie Olsen, Jessica Phillips, Rebecca L. Sudore, David B. Bekelman and Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2021, 34 (1) 171-180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200184
Julia I. Bandini
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA (JIB); Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA (ACK, BO); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (JP, SCA); Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California–San Francisco (RLS); San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (RLS); Department of Medicine, Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Aurora, CO (DBB); Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (DBB)
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Alexis Coulourides Kogan
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA (JIB); Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA (ACK, BO); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (JP, SCA); Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California–San Francisco (RLS); San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (RLS); Department of Medicine, Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Aurora, CO (DBB); Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (DBB)
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Bonnie Olsen
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA (JIB); Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA (ACK, BO); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (JP, SCA); Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California–San Francisco (RLS); San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (RLS); Department of Medicine, Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Aurora, CO (DBB); Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (DBB)
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Jessica Phillips
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA (JIB); Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA (ACK, BO); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (JP, SCA); Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California–San Francisco (RLS); San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (RLS); Department of Medicine, Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Aurora, CO (DBB); Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (DBB)
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Rebecca L. Sudore
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA (JIB); Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA (ACK, BO); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (JP, SCA); Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California–San Francisco (RLS); San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (RLS); Department of Medicine, Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Aurora, CO (DBB); Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (DBB)
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David B. Bekelman
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA (JIB); Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA (ACK, BO); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (JP, SCA); Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California–San Francisco (RLS); San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (RLS); Department of Medicine, Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Aurora, CO (DBB); Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (DBB)
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Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia
RAND Corporation, Boston, MA (JIB); Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA (ACK, BO); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (JP, SCA); Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California–San Francisco (RLS); San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (RLS); Department of Medicine, Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Aurora, CO (DBB); Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (DBB)
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2021, 34 (1) 171-180; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200184

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