Objective To develop and face-validate population-level indicators for potential
appropriateness of end-of-life care, for children with cancer, neurologic conditions, and …

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between unmanaged
pain and spiritual distress in adults newly admitted to hospice. Background: Current …

Aim To estimate the comparability and discriminability of outcome-based quality indicators
by performing a practice test in Dutch physical therapy primary care, and to select a core set …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. However, COPD is still underdiagnosed, undertreated, and not …

Introduction Measuring changes in the appropriateness of end-of-life care provided to
patients with advanced illness such as cancer, COPD or dementia can help governments …

Background Little research is available to provide practical guidance to health care
providers for exercise preparticipation screening and referral of patients with interstitial lung …

Background: Global trigger tool (GTT) was developed for identification of patient harm. In
palliative patients deterioration can be expected, and there are no data on whether cases …

Abstract Background The consensus among Canadians with regards to end-of-life
preferences is that with adequate support the majority prefer to live and die at home …

Background: A plethora of performance measurement indicators for palliative and end-of-life
care currently exist in the literature. This often leads to confusion, inconsistency and …

Objective The objective of this study was to measure the appropriateness of end-of-life care
for children who died with neurologic conditions. Study design Based on linked routinely …