CompletedNot Applicable

Intervention to Improve Care at Life's End

United States78 participantsStarted 2005-08

Plain-language summary

The BEACON trial (Best Practices for End-of-Life Care for Our Nations' Veterans) was a six-site implementation study to evaluate a multi-component, education-based intervention to improve the quality of end-of-life care provided in VA Medical Centers.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Aim 1: Not applicable. Patients were deceased. * Aim 2: After-death interviews with next of kin: must be willing and able to participate in after-death interview at local VA Medical Center. Exclusion Criteria: * N/A

What they're measuring

Presence of Order for Opioid Pain Medication

Timeframe: Pre and Post Intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00234286

SponsorUS Department of Veterans Affairs

Sponsor typeFED

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2011-03

Results submitted2015-01-13

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