Percent of Patients With Pain on Admission Who Report Their Pain Was Improved Within 24 Hours of Admission

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Prepare, Embrace, Attend, Communicate, Empower (PEACE) Hospice and Palliative Care Quality Measures
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Physical Aspects of Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

For patients who screened positive for moderate to severe pain on admission, the percent who had regularly scheduled (not as needed) pain medication within 24 hours of screening.

Numerator

For patients who screened positive for moderate to severe pain on admission, the percent who had an order for pain medication within 24 hours of screening

Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Indicator development: Anna P. Schenck, Franziska S. Rokoske, Danielle D. Durham, John G. Cagle, and Laura C. Hanson. The PEACE Project: Identification of Quality Measures for Hospice and Palliative Care.Journal of Palliative Medicine.Dec 2010.1451-1459.http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.0238 Indicator feasbility/testing: Hanson LC, Rowe C, Wessell K, et al. Measuring palliative care quality for seriously ill hospitalized patients. J Palliat Med 2012;15(7):798-804. PEACE website: www.med.unc.edu/pcare/about-palliative-care/resources/peace-quality-measures/

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
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