Wednesday 17 September 2014

How can you prove that you are delivering good care? Monitoring the quality of palliative care using quality indicators

European Journal of Palliative Care, 2014, Vol/iss 21/5 (228-31)
Joachim Cohen and Kathleen Leemans

Measuring the quality of palliative care in a systematic and valid manner, so that the results can be used to improve care where necessary, remains a challenge. In this article, the authors argue that quality indicators specifically designed for palliative care can address this challenge and illustrate this using an indicator set recently developed in Belgium.

Full text available in European Journal of Palliative Care
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