End-of-life-preferred-place-of-death - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

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INDICATOR NAME

Name

End of life, preferred place of death (Retired)

Alternate Name

End of life, preferred place of death

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures the percentage of palliative/end of life patients who died in their preferred place of death.

Indicator Status

Retired

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Patient-centred

Type

Outcome

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

The percentage is calculated as: numerator divided by denominator times 100.

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Number of palliative / end of life patients who died in their preferred place of death. Patient must be discharged with a disposition of death in the period selected

Inclusions:

In home referrals only
> 18 years of age at the time
CCM population of “complex palliative” or “chronic palliative” or end of life (SRC95) at time of discharge
Discharge dispositions:
Died at home (preferred place of death)
Died in hospital (preferred place of death)
Died in residential hospice (preferred place of death)
Died in Long-Term Care home (preferred place of death)
Died in Retirement Home (preferred place of death)
Died in other location (preferred place of death)

Exclusions:

Other CCM or SRC codes
Children ≤18 years old at the time of discharge
Referrals other than in home (school, placement)
Other death discharge dispositions (not preferred place of death)
Patients with blank or invalid health card numbers

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

Number of palliative/ end of life patients whose discharge disposition is death in the reporting period.

Inclusions:

In home referrals only
> 18 years of age at the time
CCM population of “complex palliative” or “chronic palliative” or end of life (SRC95) at time of discharge
Any discharge where Discharge disposition flag “has died” = 1
Died (while under LHIN Home and community care services)
Died in Hospital (< 14 days)
Died in Hospital
Died at Home
Died at Home (preferred place of death)
Died in Hospital (preferred place of death)
Died in Residential Hospice (preferred place of death)
Died in LTCH (preferred place of death)
Died in Retirement Home
Died in Retirement Home (preferred place of death)
Died in Other Location
Died in Other Location (preferred place of death)
Died in Residential Hospice
Unplanned Death

Exclusions:

Other CCM or SRC codes
Children ≤18 years old at the time of discharge
Referrals other than in home (school, placement)
Discharges other than death
Patients with blank or invalid health card numbers

Data Source

Client Health and Related Information System (CHRIS)

Data provided to HQO by

Health Shared Services Ontario (HSSO)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Detailed

This is a QIP priority indicator for 2018/19. QIP current performance reporting period: October 2016 - September 2017 To access your organization's data for the reporting period, refer to Health Quality Ontario’s QIP Navigator. Data will be available in February 2018. Alternatively, to access your organization's data for this indicator, refer to CCAC Reporting Portal. This indicator was retired in the 2019/20 QIP.