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National Quality-of-Care Standards in Home-Based Primary Care
- Kristofer L. Smith, MD, MPP;
- Theresa A. Soriano, MD, MPH; and
- Jeremy Boal, MD
- From Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.
IN RESPONSE:
We thank Dr. Landers for taking the time to reflect on the national quality-of-care standards for home-based primary care. Fundamentally, Dr. Landers argues that our work should have paid more attention to creating indicators that are more holistic. It was precisely for this reason that our panelists spent many months reviewing and amending the ACOVE work. The changes and additions made to the ACOVE quality indicator set placed greater primacy on patient autonomy, added indicators for coordination of care, caregiver burden, and end-of life …
