Timely Commencement of Palliative Care: Care Commencing Within 2 Days of Patient Being Ready
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Structure and Processes of Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of patients that commence within 2 days of patient being ready.
Numerator
Number of palliative care patients that commence on the same day, or the following day, from the date the patient is ready for palliative care.
Denominator
Total number of patients receiving palliative care episodes.
Exclusions
Palliative care episodes where 'date ready for care' was not recorded
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Tool for data collection: documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@chsd/@pcoc/documents/doc/uow263324.pdf
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
6 monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
182
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes
Source and Reference Attributes
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)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
Yes
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
04 November 2025
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Date Modified 04 November 2025