Early Mortality as a Quality Indicator in Frontline and Salvage Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Early mortality is a historical measure of quality of care incorporated into many quality measure algorithms that mostly account for patient co-morbidities but do not incorporate disease characteristics and treatment status which independently increase early mortality. This is particularly significant in leukemia, especially in the refractory and salvage settings.

Source: Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia - August 22, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Koji Sasaki, Farhad Ravandi, Courtney DiNardo, Mary Alma Welch, Tapan Kadia, Hagop Kantarjian Tags: Original Study Source Type: research