Patients Received at Least One Specialised Palliative Care Services in Last 3 Months of Life
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Question: Which specialised palliative care initiatives were involved in the last 3 months of this patient's life? Answer: Country-specific specialised palliative care initiatives; other, namely…; none Positive score: If specialised palliative care services were involved in the last 3 months of life.
Numerator
Number of patients for whom at least one specialised palliative care services was initiated in the last 3 months of life.
Denominator
All patients for whom this question was answered.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Original QPAC had a number of adjustments. In EURO-SENTIMELC studies the adjustments have included: age, sex, cause of death, longest place of residence in last year of life and accounted for clustering by GPs.
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Questionnaires.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Introduction to EURO-SENTIMELC: spcare.bmj.com/content/10/4/462.long (with more detail).