Quality measures for palliative care in patients with cancer: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Quality assessment is a critical component of determining the value of medical services, including palliative care. Characterization of the current portfolio of measures that assess the quality of palliative care delivered in oncology is necessary to identify gaps and inform future measure development.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of MEDLINE/PubMed and the gray literature for quality measures relevant to palliative care. Measures were categorized into National Quality Forum domains and reviewed for methodology of development and content. Measures were additionally analyzed to draw summative conclusions on scope and span.

Results

Two hundred eighty-four quality measures within 13 measure sets were identified. The most common domains for measure cont

SUBMITTER: Kamal AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4094644 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature