Physician Home Visits in the Last 90 Days of Life
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Physician home visits at the end of life is an indicator of supportive end-of-life care.
Numerator
Those in the denominator (decedents) who received at least one physician home visit in their last 90 days of life
Denominator
Number of people who died within the specified time period, who had a breast, cervix, colorectal, lung of prostate cancer within 5 years of death, and was aged 18 or older at diagnosis
Exclusions
Inclusion in the decedent cohort is not limited to those whose cause of death is the cancer in question. As a result, some deaths, and physician home visits in the last 90 days of life, may be related to illness or injury other than the specific cancer. Ontario cancer patients who died outside of Ontario who would not be identified in the Ontario administrative data
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data are sourced from Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR), Registered Persons Data Base (RPDB and Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)