December
14

Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS) | Eric Finkelstein, PhD, MHA

12:00pm - 1:00pm • via Zoom

2021-12-14 12:00:00 2021-12-14 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS) | Eric Finkelstein, PhD, MHA A Cross Country Comparison of the Quality of Death and Dying, 2021   Eric Finkelstein, PhD, MHA Professor of Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Executive Director of the Lien Centre for Palliative Care Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 12:00-1:00p Eastern Via Zoom. Register in advance:  upenn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYofuqtqjovGNa-zZ9NwBaa39JHpgoLrw8Q The meeting link will be provided automatically upon registration. Abstract: Few efforts have attempted to comparatively measure how well countries deliver end-of-life (EOL) care. Results from prior studies, which were largely based on proxy measures, are now outdated. This presentation presents results of an effort to systematically rank and grade countries (and Hong Kong and Taiwan) on the quality of EOL care using a novel preference-based approach.  We fielded a survey among country experts around the world, asking them to rate the performance of their country on 13 key indicators of EOL care. Ratings were combined with preference weights from caregiver-proxies of recently deceased patients to generate a weighted summary score that ranked and graded (from A to F) countries based on overall EOL care. The final sample includes responses from 181 experts representing 81 countries with 2 or more experts reporting. This presentation presents the results and highlights the large disparities in the quality of EOL care across countries, and especially between the highest income countries and others. For more information, please contact Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu. via Zoom Penn Medical Ethics

A Cross Country Comparison of the Quality of Death and Dying, 2021

 

Eric Finkelstein, PhD, MHA
Professor of Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Executive Director of the Lien Centre for Palliative Care

Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 12:00-1:00p Eastern
Via Zoom. Register in advance: 
upenn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYofuqtqjovGNa-zZ9NwBaa39JHpgoLrw8Q
The meeting link will be provided automatically upon registration.

Abstract: Few efforts have attempted to comparatively measure how well countries deliver end-of-life (EOL) care. Results from prior studies, which were largely based on proxy measures, are now outdated. This presentation presents results of an effort to systematically rank and grade countries (and Hong Kong and Taiwan) on the quality of EOL care using a novel preference-based approach.  We fielded a survey among country experts around the world, asking them to rate the performance of their country on 13 key indicators of EOL care. Ratings were combined with preference weights from caregiver-proxies of recently deceased patients to generate a weighted summary score that ranked and graded (from A to F) countries based on overall EOL care. The final sample includes responses from 181 experts representing 81 countries with 2 or more experts reporting. This presentation presents the results and highlights the large disparities in the quality of EOL care across countries, and especially between the highest income countries and others.

For more information, please contact Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

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