An Individual Prescription of an Injectable Pro Re Nata Drug Against Nausea on the Drug List Before Death
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Sweden
Publishing Organisation
Swedish Register of Palliative Care (SRPC)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Physical Aspects of Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Was there an individual prescription of an injectable PRN drug against nausea on the drug list before death?
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
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
Lindskog, M., Tavelin, B. & Lundström, S. Old age as risk indicator for poor end-of-life care quality – A population-based study of cancer deaths from the Swedish Register of Palliative Care. Eur. J. Cancer 51, 1331–1339 (2015).
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
23 July 2025
Actions
Date Modified 23 July 2025