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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Improving care at the end of life (C)

Improving care at the end of life (C)

June 1, 1999

Sponsor projects to develop and test measures of the quality of end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries, and enlist quality improvement organizations and Medicare+Choice plans to implement quality improvement programs for care at the end of life.

Appeared in: June 1999 - Chapter 7

Topics: Part C (Medicare Advantage) and Quality.