Chapter
Quality Indicators for Pain in Palliative Care
Abstract
Measuring the quality of pain management is essential for comparing providers, targeting quality improvement efforts, and measuring the impact of quality improvement initiatives in palliative care. Recent development of quality indicators in cancer palliative care and in general palliative care populations has produced a variety of pain management indicators that have been evaluated for feasibility, reliability, and validity. Indicators are …
Authors
Dy S; Seow H
Book title
Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care
Pagination
pp. 95-107
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2013
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-1651-8_7