Attending to Family Needs for Information About Medication, Treatment and Symptoms
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
Person-Centredness
Domain
Structure and Processes of Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percent of families reporting they were informed of what to expect around the time of death.
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data 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
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
Technical Specifications
Unable to locate full technical specifications. The publicly available website with measures and specifications is no longer accessible, so details were unable to be extracted CCME website (www.thecarolinascenter.org/research). From Schenck et al 2010: doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.0238.
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
23 July 2025
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Date Modified 23 July 2025