Quality measures for hospice and palliative care: Piloting the PEACE measures

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 769-775

  Schenck, Anna P ^a,b   Rokoske, Franziska S ^a,c   Durham, Danielle ^a,d   Cagle, John G ^e   Hanson, Laura C ^a,f  

^a Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PILOT STUDY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903839275     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0652     Document Type: Article

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