Patients for Whom the GP Contacted or Planned to Contact the Relatives Regarding Bereavement Counselling
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Question: After the death, did you have contact with any of the relatives with regard to bereavement counselling? Answer: Yes, once; Yes, more than once; No, but has been planned; No and not planning to - Positive score: If GP has contacted or plans to contact the relatives with regard to bereavement counselling
Numerator
Number of patients for whom the GP has contacted or plans to contact the relatives with regard to bereavement counselling
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).