Measuring what matters: Top-ranked quality indicators for hospice and palliative care from the American Academy of hospice and palliative medicine and hospice and palliative nurses association

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 773-781

  Dy, Sydney Morss ^a   Kiley, Kasey B ^b   Ast, Katherine ^c   Lupu, Dale ^c   Norton, Sally A ^d   McMillan, Susan C ^e   Herr, Keela ^f   Rotella, Joseph D ^g   Casarett, David J ^h  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^g Hosparus   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; hospice care; pain measurement; Palliative care; patient satisfaction; quality indicators; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; NURSING ORGANIZATION; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PROCEDURES;

CONSENSUS; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925841446     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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