International advances in outcome measurement in palliative care: One step closer to cross-national comparisons of routinely collected outcome data in palliative care

Authors

Jana Witt, Kings College
Fliss E M Murtagh, King's College, LondonFollow
Barbara Daveson, King's College, London
Marsha Dawkins
Susanne De Wolf-Linder
Irene Higginson, King's College, London
Sabina P. Clapham, University of WollongongFollow
Karen Quinsey, University of WollongongFollow
Patsy Yates, Queensland University of Technology
Claire E. Johnson, University of Western Australia
David C. Currow, Flinders University, Cancer Institute New South WalesFollow
Kathy Eagar, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

103243

Publication Details

J. Witt, F. E. M. Murtagh, B. A. Daveson, M. Dawkins, S. De Wolf-Linder, I. J. Higginson, S. Clapham, K. Quinsey, P. Yates, C. Johnson, D. Currow & K. Eagar, "International advances in outcome measurement in palliative care: One step closer to cross-national comparisons of routinely collected outcome data in palliative care", 14th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care. Wecom Gesellschaft für Kommunikation mbH & Co. KG, Germany, (2015) 1-1.

Abstract

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC), Australia, and the Outcome Assessment and Complexity Collaborative (OACC), UK, are initiatives that support the routine use of outcome measures in specialist palliative care. Both initiatives follow a sophisticated implementation approach, facilitating routine clinical assessment tools that can be used to measure and benchmark patient outcomes. Both projects also provide feedback to participating services and encourage the use of outcomes data for service development.