Palliative Care – Timeliness of Care
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of palliative care patient episodes commenced within 2 days of the patient being ready for care.
Numerator
Count of patient episodes that start on the day of, or the day after, the date the patient required palliative care.
Denominator
Count of all palliative care patient episodes within the reporting period.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC). PCOC's data set captures demographic, setting and clinical assessment information for palliative care patients. PCOC data are obtained from clinical assessments, collected at every patient encounter. Demographic and episode of care (setting) information is collected at the start and end of each episode. Data is captured at three levels: the patient-level, episode-level and phase-level.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
SA Health Service Agreements 2023-2024. Not publicly reported based on current evidence.