Proportion of People That Received Calcium or Vitamin D in the Last Months Prior to Death
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Belgium
Publishing Organisation
Quality indicators for end-of-life dementia care proposed by De Schreye et al (2017,2020)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Care of the Patient at the End of Life
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of people that received calcium or vitamin D in in the last months prior to death
Numerator
Number of people who died with Alzheimer's disease who received calcium or vitamin D in the last [6, 3, 1] months prior to death
Denominator
Number of people who died with Alzheimer's disease
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
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
De Schreye, R., Houttekier, D., Deliens, L. & Cohen, J. Developing indicators of appropriate and inappropriate end-of-life care in people with Alzheimer’s disease, cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for population-level administrative databases: A RAND/UCLA appropriateness study. Palliat. Med. 31, 932–945 (2017).
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
Yes
Upload Date
02 December 2025
Contents
Actions
Date Modified 02 December 2025