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Mortality as a measure of quality: implications for palliative and end-of-life care.

Holloway RG, Quill TE. Mortality as a measure of quality: implications for palliative and end-of-life care. JAMA. 2007;298(7):802-804.

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December 4, 2016
Holloway RG, Quill TE. JAMA. 2007;298(7):802-804.
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Public reporting of mortality indicators forces hospitals to evaluate each death as a potentially poor outcome. This commentary discusses the tension between delivering high quality palliative care and the often paradoxical increase in mortality.

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Holloway RG, Quill TE. Mortality as a measure of quality: implications for palliative and end-of-life care. JAMA. 2007;298(7):802-804.