Conversations With Family Carers About Care Preferences
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Belgium
Publishing Organisation
Quality Indicators for Palliative Care (Q-PAC)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Structure and Processes of Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
How long after admission or after palliative care was started, did the professional carers and family have a conversation about the patient's care preferences?
Numerator
Number of patients about whom a conversation about their care preferences took place between the professional caregivers and family carers in the first week after admission or start of palliative care.
Denominator
Total number of family carers for whom this indicator was measured.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
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
Surveys
Data Collection Methods
Questionnaires.
Frequency of Data Collection
6 monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
182
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Ad libitum
Reporting Frequency in Days
1
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
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)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025
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Date Modified 12 March 2025