Percentage of Patients Who Died From Cancer Admitted to Hospice for Less Than 3 Days
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Partnership for Quality Measurement Geriatric and Palliative Care Project (formerly known as National Quality Forum Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care Measures)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Care of the Patient at the End of Life
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients who died from cancer, and admitted to hospice and spent less than 3 days there.
Numerator
Patients who died from cancer and spent fewer than three days in hospice.
Denominator
Patients who died from cancer who were admitted to hospice
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Data Source: Registry Data
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
The Level Of Analysis is performed at the Clinician (Individual & Group/Practice) levels.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Multiple sources: National Quality Forum. (2017). Palliative and End-of-Life Care Off-Cycle Measure Review - Technical Report. Available from: waportal.org/sites/default/files/documents/uw-resources/palliativeoffcyclefinalreport.pdf Partnership for Quality Measurement. (2023). Available from: p4qm.org/measures/1642
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
NQF Measure #0216 (last endorsed on 12 December 2022)
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
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025