Palliative Home Care Visits in the Last 6 Months of Life
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of cancer patients who received palliative home care visits by a nurse or personal support worker in the last 6 months of life.
Numerator
The number of cancer patients who had palliative home care visits by a nurse or Personal Support Worker in the last 6 months
Denominator
Patients who died in an acute care hospital due to cancer
Exclusions
Patients aged <18
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Sex, age
Stratifications
Province and patient characteristics (age, sex, income, Charlson Index)
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data obtained from Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database and physician billing claims databases from provincial health insurance plans.
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
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. For details on publication referenced on this report see: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25922219/