Reliable and Valid Survey-Based Measures to Assess Quality of Care in Home-Based Serious Illness Programs.

ABSTRACT: Background: There is a pressing need for standardized measures to assess the quality of home-based serious illness care. Currently, there are no validated quality measures that are specific to home-based serious illness programs (SIPs) and the unique needs of their patients. Objective: To develop and evaluate standardized survey-based measures of serious illness care experiences for assessing and comparing quality of home-based serious illness care programs. Methods: From October 2019 through January 2020, we administered a survey to patients who received care from 32 home-based SIPs across the United States. Using the 2263 survey responses, we assessed item performance and constructed composite measures via factor analysis, evaluated item-scale co

SUBMITTER: Anhang Price R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9145570 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature