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Quality and Outcome Measures

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Our greatest opportunity to enhance value in US healthcare is improving quality of care for older adults with serious illness. Patients with serious illness and their families value care which promotes function, comfort, and shared decision-making. Interdisciplinary palliative care and hospice teams are the experts, but quality standards need to extend to other providers and settings. Researchers, clinicians, and policy-makers are working to design quality measures matched to serious illness. Strategies for meaningful use in the future include identifying patients with serious illness in all settings, measuring what matters to patients, and making measures responsive to preferences.

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  1. Division of Geriatric Medicine and Center for Aging and Health, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 5003 Old Clinic Building, CB 7550, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA

    Laura C. Hanson M.D., M.P.H.

  2. Public Health Leadership Program, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Anna P. Schenck Ph.D.

  3. National Quality Forum, Washington, DC, USA

    Helen Burstin M.D., M.P.H.

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Hanson, L.C., Schenck, A.P., Burstin, H. (2014). Quality and Outcome Measures. In: Kelley, A., Meier, D. (eds) Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness. Aging Medicine. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0407-5_7

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