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Need for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older Adults
Research indicates that older adults receive only about half of their recommended care, with varying quality and limited attention to social issues impacting their health through the most commonly used quality measures. Additionally, many existing measures neglect to address nonclinical social deter...
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29064345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pop.2017.0109 |
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author | MacLeod, Stephanie Schwebke, Kay Hawkins, Kevin Ruiz, Joann Hoo, Emma Yeh, Charlotte S. |
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description | Research indicates that older adults receive only about half of their recommended care, with varying quality and limited attention to social issues impacting their health through the most commonly used quality measures. Additionally, many existing measures neglect to address nonclinical social determinants of health. Evidence of the need for more comprehensive measures for seniors is growing. The primary purpose of this article, which is supported by a limited review of literature, is to describe gaps among current quality measures in addressing certain nonclinical needs of older adults, including key social determinants of health. In doing so, the authors describe their position on the need for expanded measures to incorporate these factors to improve care and quality of life. The authors conducted a limited review of the literature to inform this article, focusing specifically on selected measures for older adults rather than a broader systematic review of all measures. Most research identified was related to clinical practice guidelines rather than quality measures of care as applied to older adults. Furthermore, the literature reviewed reflected limited evidence of efforts to tailor quality measures for the unique social needs of older adults, confirming a potential gap in this area. A growing need exists for improved quality measures specifically designed to help providers address the unique social needs of older adults. Filling this gap will improve overall understanding of seniors and help them to achieve optimal health and successful aging. |
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spelling | pubmed-60701282018-08-02 Need for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older Adults MacLeod, Stephanie Schwebke, Kay Hawkins, Kevin Ruiz, Joann Hoo, Emma Yeh, Charlotte S. Popul Health Manag Original Articles Research indicates that older adults receive only about half of their recommended care, with varying quality and limited attention to social issues impacting their health through the most commonly used quality measures. Additionally, many existing measures neglect to address nonclinical social determinants of health. Evidence of the need for more comprehensive measures for seniors is growing. The primary purpose of this article, which is supported by a limited review of literature, is to describe gaps among current quality measures in addressing certain nonclinical needs of older adults, including key social determinants of health. In doing so, the authors describe their position on the need for expanded measures to incorporate these factors to improve care and quality of life. The authors conducted a limited review of the literature to inform this article, focusing specifically on selected measures for older adults rather than a broader systematic review of all measures. Most research identified was related to clinical practice guidelines rather than quality measures of care as applied to older adults. Furthermore, the literature reviewed reflected limited evidence of efforts to tailor quality measures for the unique social needs of older adults, confirming a potential gap in this area. A growing need exists for improved quality measures specifically designed to help providers address the unique social needs of older adults. Filling this gap will improve overall understanding of seniors and help them to achieve optimal health and successful aging. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2018-08-01 2018-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6070128/ /pubmed/29064345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pop.2017.0109 Text en © Stephanie MacLeod et al. 2018; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles MacLeod, Stephanie Schwebke, Kay Hawkins, Kevin Ruiz, Joann Hoo, Emma Yeh, Charlotte S. Need for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older Adults |
title | Need for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older Adults |
title_full | Need for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older Adults |
title_fullStr | Need for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Need for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older Adults |
title_short | Need for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older Adults |
title_sort | need for comprehensive health care quality measures for older adults |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29064345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pop.2017.0109 |
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