1. Development of a set of process and structure indicators for palliative care: the Europall project
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Jeroen Hasselaar, Kathrin Woitha, Kris Vissers, Nisar Ahmed, Karen Van Beek, Yvonne Engels, Jean-Marc Mollard, Lukas Radbruch, Isabelle Colombet, Radboud University Medical Center [Nijmegen], University Hospitals Leuven [Leuven], University of Sheffield [Sheffield], Université Paris-Sud 11 - Faculté de médecine ( UP11 UFR Médecine ), Université Paris Descartes - Faculté de Médecine ( UPD5 Médecine ), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ), University of Bonn, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 - Faculté de médecine (UP11 UFR Médecine), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Université Paris Descartes - Faculté de Médecine (UPD5 Médecine), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), and Université Paris-Sud 11 - Faculté de médecine (UP11 UFR Médecine)
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,MESH : Public health ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Quality indicator ,MESH : Europe ,MEDLINE ,MESH : Clinical study ,MESH : Critical Illness ,Health informatics ,Health administration ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nursing ,Health care ,MESH: Palliative care ,MESH: Palliative medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,Quality (business) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,MESH: Clinical study ,Quality Indicators, Health Care ,Quality of Health Care ,media_common ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Health Policy ,Public health ,Nursing research ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,MESH : Palliative care ,[ SDV.SPEE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,MESH : Palliative medicine ,Europe ,MESH: Public health ,Effective primary care and public health Age-related aspects of cancer [NCEBP 7] ,Organisation ,Europall ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,MESH: Critical Illness ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,MESH: Europe ,Public Health ,Effective primary care and public health [DCN MP - Plasticity and memory NCEBP 7] ,business ,Research Article - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 110866.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: By measuring the quality of the organisation of palliative care with process and structure quality indicators (QIs), patients, caregivers and policy makers are able to monitor to what extent recommendations are met, like those of the council of the WHO on palliative care and guidelines. This will support the implementation of public programmes, and will enable comparisons between organisations or countries. METHODS: As no European set of indicators for the organisation of palliative care existed, such a set of QIs was developed. An update of a previous systematic review was made and extended with more databases and grey literature.In two project meetings with practitioners and experts in palliative care the development process of a QI set was finalised and the QIs were categorized in a framework, covering the recommendations of the Council of Europe. RESULTS: The searches resulted in 151 structure and process indicators, which were discussed in steering group meetings. Of those QIs, 110 were eligible for the final framework. CONCLUSIONS: We developed the first set of QIs for the organisation of palliative care. This article is the first step in a multi step project to identify, validate and pilot QIs.
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- 2012
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