Accept Death Completely or for the Most Part
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Belgium, Italy, Spain
Publishing Organisation
European Sentinel Network Monitoring End-of-Life Care (EUROSENTIMELC) Quality Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Palliative Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Accept death completely or for the most part
Numerator
Number of patients who accepted death completely or for the most part
Denominator
Number of patients for whom the GP answered anything but 'I don't know'
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Participating GPs registered deaths via a continuous and weekly standardised registration form via a web based electronic or a hard-copy questionnaire
Frequency of Data Collection
Weekly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
7
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Miranda, R., Penders, Y. W. H., Smets, T., Deliens, L., Miccinesi, G., Vega Alonso, T., . . . Van den Block, L. (2018). Quality of primary palliative care for older people with mild and severe dementia: an international mortality follow-back study using quality indicators. Age and Ageing, 47(6), 824-833.
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
23 July 2025
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Date Modified 23 July 2025