Mean Onset of Generalist Outpatient Palliative Care Before Death
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Germany
Publishing Organisation
Optimal Care at the End of Life (OPAL) study
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Palliative Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Mean onset of generalist outpatient palliative care before death
Numerator
Mean onset of generalist outpatient palliative care before death (days)
Denominator
Deceased patients
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Statutory health insurance data
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
van Baal, K., Schrader, S., Schneider, N., Wiese, B., Stahmeyer, J. T., Eberhard, S., Geyer, S., Stiel, S., & Afshar, K. (2020). Quality indicators for the evaluation of end-of-life care in Germany - a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of statutory health insurance data. BMC Palliat Care, 19(1), 187. doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00679-x
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025