No Occurrence of Pressure Injuries
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Sweden
Publishing Organisation
Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (SNBHW)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Physical Aspects of Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of patients without the presence of grade 2–4 pressure injuries at the time of death.
Numerator
Number of patients who died and are registered in the Swedish palliative care register and who were without pressure injuries of grade 2–4.
Denominator
Number of registered deceased patients in the Swedish palliative care registry during the measurement period.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Swedish Register of Palliative Care
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
30
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
The development of the Swedish Register of Palliative Care is here:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269216311414758. The description of the Swedish National Board on Health and Welfare national indicators used for quality monitoring are here: www.socialstyrelsen.se/globalassets/sharepoint-dokument/artikelkatalog/nationella-riktlinjer/2018-6-21.pdf
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
02 December 2025
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