{"title":"The importance of measuring quality of care at the end of life.","authors":"M S Donaldson","doi":"10.1080/0742-969x.1998.11882892","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although designed to respond to acute illness, the current health care system must increasingly provide care for people living longer with chronic diseases. Evaluation of the quality of this care must utilize appropriate measurements, study populations, and outcomes. Current quality measures and major studies of quality of care are highlighted. A framework for measuring quality of care is outlined.</p>","PeriodicalId":77421,"journal":{"name":"The Hospice journal","volume":"13 1-2","pages":"117-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0742-969x.1998.11882892","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Hospice journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0742-969x.1998.11882892","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Although designed to respond to acute illness, the current health care system must increasingly provide care for people living longer with chronic diseases. Evaluation of the quality of this care must utilize appropriate measurements, study populations, and outcomes. Current quality measures and major studies of quality of care are highlighted. A framework for measuring quality of care is outlined.