Hospice Use

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Li et al. (2013)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Palliative Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Hospice use defined as receiving nursing home hospice care in the last 100 days of life

Numerator

Number of patients who received hospice care

Denominator

Number of patients

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Minimum Data Set V2.0 (MDS) and Medicare beneficiary file

Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Li, Q., Zheng, N. T., & Temkin-Greener, H. (2013). Quality of end-of-life care of long-term nursing home residents with and without dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(7), 1066-1073. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12330

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