Quality measures for palliative care in the emergency department

Affiliations

¹ Emergency and Palliative Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
² Department of Emergency, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ University of California at San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁴ Palliative Medicine, Scripps Health, San Diego, California, USA.
⁵ Market Medical Director for New Jersey, Prospero Health, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁷ Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph Health, Paterson, New Jersey, USA.

Rebecca Goett et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;30(1):53-58.

doi: 10.1111/acem.14592. Epub 2022 Oct 5.

¹ Emergency and Palliative Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
² Department of Emergency, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ University of California at San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁴ Palliative Medicine, Scripps Health, San Diego, California, USA.
⁵ Market Medical Director for New Jersey, Prospero Health, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁷ Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph Health, Paterson, New Jersey, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: hospice; metrics; palliative care; quality measures.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

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