Bereaved Respondent Perceptions of Quality of Care by Inpatient Palliative Care Utilization in the Last Month of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Under traditional Medicare, accountability measures are specific to each healthcare setting. With the growth of alternative payment models such as Medicare Advantage, the focus of accountability measures can be on the longitudinal episode of care.

Objective

Using the last month of life as the episode of care, examine bereaved family member perceptions of the quality of care by site of death and inpatient palliative/hospice care.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using the National Health Aging Trends Study waves 3-11.

Subjects

US decedents age 65 and older with family member or close friend survey response.

Main measures

Overall rating of the quality of care, perceptions of symptom management, being treated with respect, emotional/spiritual su

SUBMITTER: Zhu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11074062 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature