Residential Care Centre as a Place of Death
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Belgium
Publishing Organisation
Vlaams Instituut Kwalitet van Zorg (Flemish Institute for Quality of Care): Quality Indicators Residential Care Centres
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Mortality
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of residents who die in residential care centre.
Numerator
Number of residents who died in the past calendar year and where the place of death was the residential care centre.
Denominator
Total number of residents who died in the past calendar year.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Data collected every 6 months and submitted online to a government portal for QI calculation.
Frequency of Data Collection
6 monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
182
Reporting Methods
Publicly reported online annually at individual facility level (zorgkwaliteit.be/woonzorgcentra), overall Belgium population, province and size of facility. Trends over time (2018-2022) (zorgkwaliteit.be/sites/default/files/imports/Publieksrapport2022_Appendix.pdf).
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
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
Yes
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
12 March 2025
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Date Modified 12 March 2025