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    • Healthcare Management
    • Patient Outcomes

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    • Long-term care (LTC) encompasses a range of services for individuals with chronic illnesses or disabilities.
    • Current measures in LTC often focus on clinical outcomes, potentially overlooking broader aspects of patient experience.
    • Defining and quantifying the ultimate success of LTC is a critical challenge for providers and policymakers.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To define the ultimate goal of long-term care.
    • To identify appropriate measures for assessing the success of long-term care interventions.
    • To advocate for a holistic approach to evaluating long-term care.

    Main Methods:

    • Literature review of existing LTC goals and measurement frameworks.
    • Analysis of patient-centered outcome measures.
    • Synthesis of expert opinions and stakeholder perspectives.

    Main Results:

    • The ultimate goal of LTC is maximizing patient quality of life and functional independence.
    • Effective measurement requires a multidimensional approach, including patient-reported outcomes, functional status, and caregiver well-being.
    • Current metrics often fail to capture the full spectrum of LTC success.

    Conclusions:

    • Long-term care success should be defined by patient-centered outcomes and overall well-being.
    • Developing and implementing comprehensive measurement tools is essential for improving LTC quality.
    • A shift towards holistic evaluation is necessary to truly understand and enhance long-term care.