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Figure 3 Stability of Survival Preference

The pie graph shows the proportions of 287 patients with stable or changing preferences in the 6 months after hospital discharge. Change was defined as movement between the 4 preference levels described in Table 2. Patients remaining in the highest survival preference are "stable high"; those remaining in the lowest survival preference are "stable low." Patients remaining in 1 of the 2 other time-trade off groups are "stable mid-preference." Although the majority of patients demonstrated no change in preference, more patients described an increase than a decrease in preference for survival.