Measuring the Quality of Care for Older Adults With Multimorbidity: Results of the MULTIqual Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Providing health care for older adults with multimorbidity is often complex, challenging, and prone to fragmentation. Although clinical decision making should take into account treatment interactions, individual burden, and resources, current approaches to assessing quality of care mostly rely on indicators for single conditions. The aim of this project was to develop a set of generic quality indicators for the management of patients aged 65 and older with multimorbidity that can be used in both health care research and clinical practice.

Research design and methods

Based on the findings of a systematic literature review and eight focus groups with patients with multimorbidity and their family members, we developed candidate indicators. Identified a

SUBMITTER: Schulze J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9451020 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature