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American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®
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Using outcome measures to provide excellence in Alzheimer care

Joan Hyde, PhD

Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, Lexington, Massachusetts

Jennifer Hillygus, PhD

Becca Levy, PhD

Sue Levkoff, ScD

Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Outcome measures have been widely touted as a valuable tool to guarantee quality assurance in healthcare settings. Recently, a number offactors have conspired to make outcome-based measurement more feasible. This paper describes the advantages of utilizing outcome measures, continuous quality improvement methods and consumer based input to ensure excellence in long term care.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 13, No. 5, 265-272 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759801300507
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