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Quality of Care for Vulnerable Older Patients
- Stephanie L. Garrett, MD;
- James G. O'Brien, MD; and
- Toni P. Miles, MD, PhD
- From the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202.
TO THE EDITOR:
In a recent meeting of our fellows and departmental faculty, we discussed the findings of Higashi and colleagues (1). We were considerably excited because we are committed to quality care for our frail older patients. To our surprise, the analyses as presented did not support the conclusions.
The authors state that for 8 of the 9 quality indicators that they defined, “patients who received recommended care were less likely to die than those who did not receive such care (Table 2).” Only 1 of these 9 quality indicators was significant—the exact opposite of the …
