Response to the letter by Drs. Van der Steen and Arcand

Affiliations

• ¹ Geriatric Medicine, UNC Palliative Care Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
• ² Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
• ³ Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
• ⁴ Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
• ⁵ Division of Geriatric Medicine and Center for Aging and Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.