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An external, contemporary evaluation of the Epic End of Life Care Index among hospitalized patients across two large health systems: A retrospective cohort study

2026-01-03 palliative medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe Epic End of Life Care Index (EOLCI) predicts one-year mortality and was developed to improve serious illness care. However, prior external EOLCI evaluations had limited sample sizes, populations, and equity evaluations. In preparation for a multi-system pragmatic clinical trial, we sought to evaluate the EOLCI performance and equity in the trials two participating health systems. ObjectiveEvaluate EOLCI model performance overall and across key subgroups. Design/Setting/PatientsRe...

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