Appendix to Application of ACOVE-3 Quality Indicators to Patients with Advanced Dementia and Poor Prognosis
Appendices 1 & 2 and Figures 1 & 2
Published Sep 6, 2007
Appendices 1 & 2 and Figures 1 & 2
Published Sep 6, 2007
This is the technical appendix to “Application Of ACOVE-3 Quality Indicators to Patients with Advanced Dementia and Poor Prognosis,” published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 55 Issue s2 Page S247-S252, October 2007. It contains Appendices 1 & 2 that present the reasoning underlying the exclusion of quality indictors from application to selected patients and a description of all exclusions.
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