Advance Care Plan
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Rural and Remote Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
National Quality Forum
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Service Delivery
Defining Attributes
Definition
Numerator
Patients who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan.
Denominator
All patients aged 65 years and older.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Clinician: Group/Practice
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Claims data
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
National Quality Forum 2022 Key Rural Measures: An Update List of Measures to Advance Rural Health Priorities, Draft 1, page 1-26
Technical Specifications
Also in National Quality Forum, 2018 A Core Set of Rural-Relevant Measuring and Improving Access to Care: 2018 Recommendations from the MAP Rural Health Workgroup
Technical Specifications: p4qm.org/measures/0326
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
Actions
Date Modified 23 July 2025