Palliative care performance indicators DSS

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term295806
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DSS type:Help on this termData Set Specification (DSS)
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This data set specification specifies information for collection about all administrative health regions, and whether they have developed strategic plans which incorporate specified palliative care elements. It also specifies information for collection about all government-funded palliative care agencies (service provider organisations), their approach to some aspects of service delivery, and their efforts in specific areas of quality improvement.

This information enables reporting of nationally-agreed palliative care performance indicators. Currently, there are four national performance indicators that have been agreed for reporting by the Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum. These are:

1. The proportion of administrative health regions that have a written plan for palliative care that incorporates palliative care elements,

2. The proportion of palliative care agencies, within their setting of care, that routinely undertake or undergo formal assessment against the Palliative Care Australia standards,

3. The proportion of palliative care agencies, within their setting of care, that actively collect feedback from clients and staff (within the workforce) relating to services and service delivery,

4. The proportion of palliative care agencies, within their setting of care, that have formal working partnerships with other services provider(s) or organisation(s).

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:Help on this termThe data for this DSS are obtained from two sources: a survey of administrative health regions and a survey of all government-funded palliative care agencies (service provider organisations) that provide care in community and/or admitted patient settings.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termPalliative Care Intergovernmental Forum

Relational attributes

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Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
-Administrative health region—palliative care strategic plan indicator, yes/no code NMandatory1
-Administrative health region—region name, text A[A(79)]Mandatory1
-Service provider organisation—coordinator of volunteers indicator, yes/no code NMandatory1
-Service provider organisation—feedback collection indicator, yes/no code NMandatory1
-Service provider organisation—feedback collection method, code NConditional8
-Service provider organisation—level of service delivery, palliative care code NMandatory1
-Service provider organisation—most common service delivery setting, code NMandatory1
-Service provider organisation—partner organisation type, palliative care code N[N]Conditional8
-Service provider organisation—service delivery setting, palliative care agency code NMandatory7
-Service provider organisation—standards assessment indicator, yes/no code NMandatory1
-Service provider organisation—standards assessment level, code NConditional1
-Service provider organisation—standards assessment method, code NConditional2
-Service provider organisation—working partnership indicator, yes/no code NMandatory1