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ObjectiveTo assess older adults’ attitudes toward eliciting health outcome priorities.MethodsThis observational cohort study of 356 community-living adults age =65 included three tools: (1) Health Outcomes: ranking four outcomes (survival, function, freedom from pain, and freedom from other symptoms), (2) Now vs. Later: rating importance of current versus future quality of life, (3) Attitude Scale: agreement with statements about health outcomes and current versus future health.ResultsWhereas 41% preferred Health Outcomes, 40% preferred the Attitude Scale. Only 7–12% rated any tool as very hard or hard. In bivariate analysis, participants of non-white race and with lower education, health literacy, and functional status were significantly more likely to rate at least one of the tools as easy (p
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