∗Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
†The Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
‡Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
§Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
¶Affiliated Adjunct Staff, RAND Health, Santa Monica, CA
||Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
∗∗Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
††Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Philadelphia, PA
‡‡Department of Surgery, Dave Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
§§Hebrew SeniorLife Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA.
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Dr. Fleisher is a member of the Board of Directors and co-Chair of the Surgery Steering Committee of the National Quality Forum.
This work was made possible by the National Palliative Care Research Center and the Cambia Health Foundation, who jointly sponsored the in-person meeting to develop a serious illness definition and quality indicators for palliative care in surgery.
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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