Context Few efforts have attempted to quantify how well countries deliver end-of-life (EOL)
care. Objectives To score, grade, and rank countries (and Hong Kong and Taiwan) on the …

Abstract Objectives According to the 2015 Quality of Death Index published by the
Intelligence Unit of the Economist, Hong Kong is ranked 22nd in terms of quality of palliative …

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 …

Understanding patients' and family members' perspectives on the relative importance of
elements of end-of-life (EOL) care and their satisfaction with those elements will help …

Background: Striking changes occurred in health care in the United States between 2000
and 2013, including growth of hospice and hospital-based palliative care teams, and …

Context A major barrier to widening and sustaining palliative care service provision is the
requirement for better selection and use of outcome measures. Service commissioning is …

Background Quality end-of-life care has emerged as an important concept in industrialized
countries. Discussion We argue quality end-of-life care should be seen as a global public …

Introduction Measuring the quality of care at the end of life and/or the quality of dying and
death can be challenging. Some measurement tools seek to assess the quality of care …

Background Little data exists addressing satisfaction with end-of-life care among
hospitalized patients, as they and their family members are systematically excluded from …

Background: High-quality end-of-life care should be the right of every Canadian. The
objective of this study was to identify aspects of end-of-life care that are high in priority as …