Cumulative Length of Stay in Acute-Care Hospitals in the Last 6 Months of Life
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Care of the Patient at the End of Life
Defining Attributes
Definition
Cumulative length of stay in day in an acute care hospital, measured in 25th, 50th and 75th percentile days in the last 6 months of life of those adults who died (with a cancer diagnosis) in an acute care hospital.
Numerator
Number of days in acute-care hospital in last six months of life.
Denominator
Patients who died in an acute care hospital due to cancer
Exclusions
Patients aged <18
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Province
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Data obtained from Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Frequency of Data Collection
Not regularly used
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Person-Centred Perspective Indicators in Canada: Palliative and End-of-Life Care Palliative, 2017. See: s22457.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Palliative-and-end-of-life-care-reference-report-EN.pdf
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
No
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
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026
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Date Modified 08 April 2026