Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 903-912 , December 2009

A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End of Life

  • Hsien Seow, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Claire F. Snyder, PhD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Richard A. Mularski, MD, MSHS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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  • Lisa R. Shugarman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Jean S. Kutner, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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  • Karl A. Lorenz, MD, MSHS

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Integrated Palliative Program, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Sydney M. Dy, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sydney M. Dy, MD, MSc, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 609, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

,Accepted 23 April 2009.

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    Framework for developing and assessing quality indicators for cancer care at the end of life.

    Framework for developing and assessing quality indicators for cancer care at the end of life.

 This project was funded under Contract No. 290-2005-0034I from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as part of the Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness (DEcIDE) program. The authors of this report are responsible for its content. Statements in the report should not be construed as endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The authors have no disclosures.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00710-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.024

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 903-912 , December 2009

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