End of Life Care Conversation

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Sweden
Publishing Organisation
Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (SNBHW)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Structure and Processes of Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Proportion of patients at the end of life stage who had an end of life care conversation.

Numerator

Number of patients who died and had an end of life care conversation.

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

Data 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
No

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)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025