National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - delirium: percentage of hospitalized patients with cancer over the age of 65 or with advanced cancer with delirium for whom there was an assessment for the presence or absence of at least one of the following potential causes and their association with delirium: medication effects, central nervous system disease, infection, or metabolic processes.

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Cancer - delirium: percentage of hospitalized patients with cancer over the age of 65 or with advanced cancer with delirium for whom there was an assessment for the presence or absence of at least one of the following potential causes and their association with delirium: medication effects, central nervous system disease, infection, or metabolic processes.

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Dy SM, Lorenz KA, O'Neill SM, Asch SM, Walling AM, Tisnado D, Antonio AL, Malin JL. Cancer Quality-ASSIST supportive oncology quality indicator set: feasibility, reliability, and validity testing. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); 2010 Apr. 13 p. (Effective Health Care Program research report; no. 24).

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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - delirium: percentage of hospitalized patients with cancer over the age of 65 or with advanced cancer with delirium for whom there was an assessment for the presence or absence of at least one of the following potential causes and their association with delirium: medication effects, central nervous system disease, infection, or metabolic processes.