Specialised Palliative Care Team Consulted

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Sweden
Publishing Organisation
Swedish Register of Palliative Care (SRPC)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Care of the Patient at the End of Life

Defining Attributes

Definition

The end of life questionnaire item to measure this indicator is: Were specialists outside the team/ward consulted concerning the person's symptom relief during the end of life (more than one answer option is possible)?

Numerator

The proportion of patients who received consultation from specialists outside the team/ward during the end of life

Denominator

All patients registered in the Swedish Registry of Palliative Care for same period

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

The end-of-life questionnaire (ELQ) is the main source of register data in the Swedish Register of Palliative Care (SRPC). The ELQ is completed by healthcare staff after the death of a patient and focuses on the last week of life. Registration in the SRPC is web-based, but some units first complete a paper version of the ELQ which is later used to complete the web form. Limited other details were available in english about data collection processes for the measurement of this indicator in the Swedish Registry of Palliative Care.

Frequency of Data Collection
Every death, continuously
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Public reporting

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Multiple sources:

palliativregistret.se/media/2ptn1rx4/d%C3%B6dsfallsenk%C3%A4t-220101-engelsk.pdf

Martinsson, L., Lundström, S., & Sundelöf, J. (2020). Better quality of end-of-life care for persons with advanced dementia in nursing homes compared to hospitals: A swedish national register study. BMC Palliative Care, 19, 1-9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00639-5

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
Yes
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