Place of Death
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
In hospital deaths, either a resident was hospitalised and died in the hospital or a resident was hospitalised and transferred to a hospital based hospice where death occurred
Numerator
Number of in hospital deaths
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
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
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Date Modified 02 December 2025