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 and …

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 How quality in healthcare is measured shapes care provision, including how
and what care is delivered. In end-of-life care, appropriate measurement can facilitate …

Background: A substantial amount of aggressive life-prolonging treatments in the final
stages of life has been reported for people with progressive life-shortening conditions …

Context: Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA and despite many
recent advances in detection and treatment, over half a million cancer patients in this country …

Introduction Globally, dementia is one of the leading causes of death. Given the growing
elderly population in the world, the yearly number of deaths by dementia is expected to …

BACKGROUND Quality indicators (QIs) are tools designed to measure and improve quality
of care. The objective of this study was to assess stakeholder acceptability of QIs of end‐of …

Palliative care, and more specifically end-of-life (EOL) care, serves to address the physical,
practical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of dying patients and their families. The quality of …

End-of-life cancer care has been criticized as frequently inappropriate and aggressive.
Providing appropriate care to people with cancer is a public health priority. Quality indicators …

Objective. To evaluate measures that could use existing administrative data to assess the
intensity of end-of-life cancer care. Methods. Benchmarking standards and statistical …