Place of Death
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Finland
Publishing Organisation
COCTEL Study (New Dynamics of Longevity and the Changing Needs for Services): Finnish National and Social Care Registers
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Palliative Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Place of death
Numerator
Number of deaths in setting (home/specialised care hospital/primary care hospital/nursing home/sheltered housing with 24-hour assistance)
Denominator
Number of deaths
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Finnish national health and social care registers
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
Masuchi, Y., Jylha, M., Raitanen, J., & Aaltonen, M. (2018). Changes in place of death among people with dementia in Finland between 1998 and 2013: A register study. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 10, 86-93. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2017.10.006
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