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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: During the phase II intervention, patients experienced no improvement in patient-physician communication (eg, 37 % of control patients and 40 % of intervention patients discussed CPR preferences) or in the five targeted outcomes, ie, incidence or timing of written DNR orders (adjusted ratio, 1. 02 ; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 0. 90 to 1. 15), physicians'knowledge of their patients'preferences not to be resuscitated (adjusted ratio, 1. 22 ; 95 % CI, 0. 99 to 1. 49), number of days spent in an ICU, receiving mechanical ventilation, or comatose before death (adjusted ratio, 0. 97 ; 95 % CI, 0. 87 to 1. 07), or level of reported pain (adjusted ratio, 1. 15 ; 95 % CI, 1. 00 to 1. 33).