Name:
Dialysis Quality of Dying, APGAR (QODA)
Description:
This one-page index evaluates continuity of care for dialysis patients.
Category:
Clinical Care - Clinical Quality
Source:
Renal Palliative Care Initiative
Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut Street S2669
Springfield, MA 01199
Contact:
Lewis M. Cohen, M.D.
Lewis.Cohen@BHS.ORG
How the grantee used this instrument:
Dialysis physicians complete the index after a patient dies.
Keywords:
quality of dying, esrd
To use this tool:
You may print and copy this tool for your own use from this site. Please credit
source.
References:
Developed specifically for this project by the project team.
To view this tool:
Left click on the download link to view the PDF document in your Web browser.
Right-click on the download link to save the document to your computer.
PDF 84 KB / 1 page (Viewing PDF files requires downloading and installation of the free Adobe
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Posted April 2004
Baystate Medical Center overview page
# BMC1, type:clinical_quality
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.
