At Each Transition Between Care Settings, Comprehensive Information (Including Care Goals and Care Plan) of a Person in Need of Palliative Care Is Be Transferred to the Professional(s) in Charge in the Next Setting
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
At each transition between care settings, comprehensive information (including care goals and care plan) of a person in need of palliative care is be transferred to the professional(s) in charge in the next setting.
Numerator
Number of patients with a transition between care settings whose information (including care goals and care plan) is be transferred to the professional(s) in charge in the next setting.
Denominator
Number of patients with a transition between care settings
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
van Riet Paap, J., Vernooij-Dassen, M., Droes, R.-M., Radbruch, L., Vissers, K., & Engels, Y. (2014). Consensus on quality indicators to assess the organisation of palliative cancer and dementia care applicable across national healthcare systems and selected by international experts. BMC health services research, 14, 396 Iliffe, S., Davies, N., Manthorpe, J., Crome, P., Ahmedzai, S. H., Vernooij-Dassen, M., & Engels, Y. (2016). Improving palliative care in selected settings in England using quality indicators: A realist evaluation. BMC Palliative Care, 15(1), 69.