Appendix to Application of ACOVE-3 Quality Indicators to Patients with Advanced Dementia and Poor Prognosis (Appendices 1 & 2 and Figures 1 & 2)

Wenger, Neil S.; Solomon, David; Amin, Alpesh; Besdine, Richard K.; Blazer, Dan G.; Cohen, Harvey; Fulmer, Terry; Ganz, Patricia A.; Grunwald, Mark; Hall, William J.; Katz, Paul R.; Kitzman, Dalane W.; Rosenthal, Ronnie A.; Leipzig, Rosanne M.

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.