Proportion of Patients Who Died From Cancer Not Admitted to Hospice

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

Proportion of patients who died from cancer not admitted to hospice.

Numerator

Proportion of patients not enrolled in hospice

Denominator

Patients who died from cancer

Exclusions

Patients aged <65 years

Use of Risk Adjustment

Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection

Administrative data

Data Collection Methods

Data Sources: Registry Data, Claims Data

Frequency of Data Collection

Frequency of Data Collection in Days

Reporting Methods

The Level of Analysis is performed at the Clinician level (Group/Practice).

Reporting Frequency

Reporting Frequency in Days

Indicator Has Recommended Targets

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/0215 Virdun C, Luckett T, Lorenz KA, Phillips J. National quality indicators and policies from 15 countries leading in adult end-of-life care: a systematic environmental scan. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2018 Jun;8(2):145-154. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001432

NQF specifications available here: www.qualityforum.org/QPS/QPSTool.aspx?Exact=false&Keyword=affordability#qpsPageState=%7B%22TabType%22%3A1,%22TabContentType%22%3A2,%22SearchCriteriaForStandard%22%3A%7B%22TaxonomyIDs%22%3A%5B%225%3A72,65,64,67%22,%2233%3A61%22%5D,%22SelectedTypeAheadFilterOption%22%3A%7B%22ID%22%3A0,%22FilterOptionLabel%22%3A%22who+died+from+cancer+not+admitted+to+hospice%22,%22TypeOfTypeAheadFilterOption%22%3A1,%22TaxonomyId%22%3A0,%22FilterOptionLabe%22%3A%22who+died+from+cancer+not+admitted+to+hospice%22%7D,%22Keyword%22%3A%22who+died+from+cancer+not+admitted+to+hospice%22,%22PageSize%22%3A%2225%22,%22OrderType%22%3A3,%22OrderBy%22%3A%22ASC%22,%22PageNo%22%3A1,%22IsExactMatch%22%3Atrue,%22QueryStringType%22%3A%22%22,%22ProjectActivityId%22%3A%220%22,%22FederalProgramYear%22%3Anull,%22FederalFiscalYear%22%3Anull,%22FilterTypes%22%3A0,%22EndorsementStatus%22%3A%22%22,%22MSAIDs%22%3A%5B%5D%7D,%22SearchCriteriaForForPortfolio%22%3A%7B%22Tags%22%3A%5B%5D,%22FilterTypes%22%3A0,%22PageStartIndex%22%3A1,%22PageEndIndex%22%3A25,%22PageNumber%22%3Anull,%22PageSize%22%3A%2225%22,%22SortBy%22%3A%22Title%22,%22SortOrder%22%3A%22ASC%22%7D,%22ItemsToCompare%22%3A%5B%5D,%22SelectedStandardIdList%22%3A%5B%5D,%22PortfolioID%22%3A1127,%22StandardID%22%3A308,%22EntityTypeID%22%3A1%7D

Technical Specifications

p4qm.org/measures/0215

Link to Measurement Tools

NQF Measure #0215 (endorsement removed on 27 January 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

Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)

Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed

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

Upload Date

31 March 2026