Palliative Patients With Multiple Acute Care Admissions in the Last Three Months of Life
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentages of palliative patients in the acute hospital inpatients setting that had multiple admissions in the 90 days prior to death. Palliative patients are defined as all patients who died in acute care hospitals, excluding those who died of significant trauma or injury.
Numerator
Number of palliative patients who had multiple acute admissions in the last 3 months of life.
Denominator
All acute care inpatient discharges.
Exclusions
Records with missing discharge date; 2. Patients admitted to the acute care facility as infant born alive, or still born infant (Entry code = N, S); 3. Patients admitted for organ/tissue retrieval purposes only (Admit category = R); 4. Patients who died of significant trauma or injury (Major clinical category = 19).
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) captures administrative, clinical and demographic information on hospital discharges (including deaths, sign-outs and transfers). Data is received directly from acute care facilities or from their respective health/regional authority or ministry/department of health.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
The Quarterly: Health Care System Quarterly Reporting for Ministry Senior Management.