Quality and outcome measures

Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 93-108

  Hanson, Laura C ^a   Schenck, Anna P ^b   Burstin, Helen ^c  

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

^b IL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

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EID: 85028595279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0407-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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