Symptom Burden Under Control
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Did you have the feeling that the patient's symptom burden (such as pain, anxiety, shortness of breath . . . ) was under control in the last week before death? c Yes, totally c Yes, largely c No, not totally c No, totally not c I don't know.
Numerator
Number of patients whose symptom burden was mostly or completely under control in the final week of life.
Denominator
Total number of patients for whom a palliative care service was involved for at least 3 days.
Exclusions
Patients for whom a palliative care service was involved for less than 3 days.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex, main illness, shortness of breath, co-morbidities, length of stay, type of service patients was referred to were examined as potential. Statistically significant ones were included for each QI in this set. Therefore specific measures vary.
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Questionnaires.