Measuring performance for end-of-life care

Sebastien Haneuse1, Deborah Schrag2, Francesca Dominici1, Sharon-Lise Normand3, and Kyu Ha Lee1,4,5 Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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