Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»1497Научная статьяSYSTEM OF CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR QUALITY EVALUATION OF PALLIATIVE MEDICAL CARE: ORGANIZATIONAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHESKhabrievR. Uinstitute@nriph.ruLindenbratenA. Lotdel-77@mail.ruKolomiychenkoM. Eniiskni@mail.ruN.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russian FederationNational Research Center for Hematology, Moscow, Russian Federation181220204142308042022Copyright © 2020,2020Palliative medical care is a separated kind of healthcare that includes provision of medical services and non-medical interventions (psychological assistance, care). The development of palliative care has been identified as the one of the main health policies. However, no system of criteria and indicators for quality evaluation of palliative medical care is in a position at this time that is used in the literature or legislative framework. The organizational and methodological approaches in establishing of that system are presented in this publication. The developed system takes into account the hierarchical nature of governance and specific features of palliative assistance, includes criteria and indicators allowing to access an information and to make rational management decisions. These decisions concern the resourcing and efficiency of its applying (a sufficient amount of medical employees and beds for occurring palliative medical assistance; an availability of medicines (in particular, analgesics), medical items and rehabilitation equipment). 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