Measures & Outcomes

National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care
Brief summary and full report describing 14 endorsed measures. (National Quality Forum)
Quality Positioning System (Search for “palliative care”.)
Searchable database of endorsed or formerly endorsed measures. Includes items endorsed for palliative and end-of-life care delivered to any individual, as well as palliative care measures for specific diseases. (National Quality Forum)
Measuring What Matters
Consensus recommendations on performance measures for hospice and palliative care programs. (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association)
Quality Oncology Practice Initiative
Information and tools for outpatient oncology practices to assess and improve care, including 26 measures addressing end-of-life care. (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
PEACE Hospice and Palliative Care Quality Measures
Information and practical clinical tools that support measuring quality of care and using data to inform quality improvement initiatives. The quality measures address domains included in the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care and those endorsed by the National Quality Forum. (Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare
Information, searchable database, and customizable reporting tools on health care performance across the country, including subtopics on care of chronic illness in the last two years of life and end-of-life care. (The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice)
NHPCO’s Facts and Figures: Hospice Care in America, 2014 Edition (PDF)
Annual report describing trends in the growth, delivery, and quality of hospice care. (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)

Community-Based Palliative Care