Joan M. Teno, MD, MS; Pedro L. Gozalo, PhD; Julie P. W. Bynum, MD, MPH; et al.
Teno and coauthors investigated changes in end-of-life care (site of death, place of care, and health care transitions) for people who died in 2000, 2005, and 2009 via a retrospective study of 848 303 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries. In an Editorial, Jenq and Tinetti discuss the importance of eliciting patients’ goals in improving the quality of end-of-life care.