Hospice and Palliative Care - Pain Screening

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

Process

IOM Quality Dimension

Effectiveness

Domain

Physical Aspects of Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who were screened for pain during the hospice admission evaluation / palliative care initial encounter.

Numerator

Patients who are screened for the presence or absence of pain (and if present, rating of its severity) using a standardised quantitative tool during the admission evaluation for hospice / initial encounter for palliative care.

Denominator

Patients enrolled in hospice OR patients receiving specialty palliative care in an acute hospital setting.

Exclusions

Patients with length of stay < 1 day in palliative care.

Use of Risk Adjustment

Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection

Electronic/paper chart records

Data Collection Methods

Data Source: Electronic Health Records

Frequency of Data Collection

Frequency of Data Collection in Days

Reporting Methods

The Level Of Analysis is performed at Facility and Clinician (Group/Practice) level.

Reporting Frequency

Reporting Frequency in Days

Indicator Has Recommended Targets

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Partnership for Quality Measurement. (2023). Available from: p4qm.org/measures/1634

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%5D,%22SelectedTypeAheadFilterOption%22%3A%7B%22ID%22%3A1634,%22FilterOptionLabel%22%3A%221634%22,%22TypeOfTypeAheadFilterOption%22%3A4,%22TaxonomyId%22%3A0%7D,%22Keyword%22%3A%221634%22,%22PageSize%22%3A%2225%22,%22OrderType%22%3A3,%22OrderBy%22%3A%22ASC%22,%22PageNo%22%3A1,%22IsExactMatch%22%3Afalse,%22QueryStringType%22%3A%22%22,%22ProjectActivityId%22%3A%220%22,%22FederalProgramYear%22%3A%220%22,%22FederalFiscalYear%22%3A%220%22,%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%3A1060,%22EntityTypeID%22%3A1%7D

Technical Specifications

p4qm.org/measures/1634

Link to Measurement Tools

NQF Measure #1634 (endorsement status for this indicator was removed on 17 November 2021)

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