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The Impact of Measuring Patient-Reported Outcome Measures on Quality of and Access to Palliative Care

Author(s) -

Deborah Dudgeon

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.986

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 1096-6218

pISSN - 1557-7740

DOI - 10.1089/jpm.2017.0447

Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , context (archaeology) , multidisciplinary approach , general partnership , quality of life (healthcare) , patient reported outcome , quality (philosophy) , family medicine , nursing , medline , business , social science , philosophy , finance , epistemology , sociology , political science , law , biology , paleontology

Measuring performance for palliative care is complex as care is delivered in many sites, over time and jointly to the patient and family. Measures of structural processes do not necessarily capture aspects that are important to patients and families nor reflect holistic multidisciplinary outcomes of care. This article focuses on the question as to whether measurement of patient-reported outcome measures improves the outcomes of quality and access to palliative care.

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