Average Number of Emergency Department Visits Six Months Prior to Beginning Palliative Care
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Rural and Remote Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Ceronsky (2015)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Resources
Defining Attributes
Definition
Numerator
Number of emergency department visits six months prior to beginning palliative care
Denominator
Number of palliative care patients
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
Ceronsky 2015, Quality measures for community-based, rural pallative care programs in minnesota: a pilot study
stratishealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Rural-Palliative-Care-Toolkit.pdf
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
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025
Actions
Date Modified 23 July 2025