Pain Assessment During the Last Week of Life
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of patients whose pain was assessed with a pain assessment instrument during the last week of life.
Numerator
Number of patients who have died and are registered in the Swedish palliative care registry and for whom a pain assessment was registered during the last week of life.
Denominator
Number of registered deceased patients in the Swedish palliative care registry during the measurement period.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Swedish Register of Palliative Care
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
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