Outcome assessment instruments in palliative and hospice care—a review of the literature

[1] Pastrana T(2008)A matter of definition—key elements identified in a discourse analysis of definitions of palliative care Palliat Med 22 222-232

[2] Caraceni A(2002)Pain measurement tools and methods in clinical research in palliative care: recommendations of an Expert Working Group of the European Association of Palliative Care J Pain Symptom Manag 23 239-255

[3] Hughes R(2004)It just didn’t work: the realities of quality assessment in the English health care context Int J Nurs Stud 41 705-712

[4] Harding R(2007)Measuring and improving palliative care in South Africa: multiprofessional clinical perspectives on development and application of appropriate outcome tools Prog Palliat Care 15 55-59

[5] Grunfeld E(2008)Toward population-based indicators of quality end-of-life care: testing stakeholder agreement Cancer 112 2301-2308

[6] Casarett DJ(2006)How should nations measure the quality of end-of-life care for older adults? Recommendations for an International Minimum Data Set J Am Geriatr Soc 54 1765-1771

[7] Teno J(2004)Anderson Symptom Inventory: validation and utility in cancer patients Oncology 67 203-210

[8] Higginson I(2006)EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: the new standard in the assessment of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer? Palliat Med 20 1-2

[9] Mystakidou K(1997)Quality of life: the main outcome measure of palliative care Palliat Med 11 89-92

[10] Greek MD(1997)Quality of life issues in palliative medicine J Neurol 244 S18-S25

[1] Pastrana T(2008)A matter of definition—key elements identified in a discourse analysis of definitions of palliative care Palliat Med 22 222-232

[2] Caraceni A(2002)Pain measurement tools and methods in clinical research in palliative care: recommendations of an Expert Working Group of the European Association of Palliative Care J Pain Symptom Manag 23 239-255

[3] Hughes R(2004)It just didn’t work: the realities of quality assessment in the English health care context Int J Nurs Stud 41 705-712

[4] Harding R(2007)Measuring and improving palliative care in South Africa: multiprofessional clinical perspectives on development and application of appropriate outcome tools Prog Palliat Care 15 55-59

[5] Grunfeld E(2008)Toward population-based indicators of quality end-of-life care: testing stakeholder agreement Cancer 112 2301-2308

[6] Casarett DJ(2006)How should nations measure the quality of end-of-life care for older adults? Recommendations for an International Minimum Data Set J Am Geriatr Soc 54 1765-1771

[7] Teno J(2004)Anderson Symptom Inventory: validation and utility in cancer patients Oncology 67 203-210

[8] Higginson I(2006)EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: the new standard in the assessment of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer? Palliat Med 20 1-2

[9] Mystakidou K(1997)Quality of life: the main outcome measure of palliative care Palliat Med 11 89-92

[10] Greek MD(1997)Quality of life issues in palliative medicine J Neurol 244 S18-S25