Definition
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).
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Administrative health region—palliative care strategic plan indicator, yes/no code N
Specific Information:
This information is required for the calculation of the national palliative care performance indicator number 1: ‘The proportion of administrative health regions that have a written strategic plan which incorporates palliative care elements'.
|
Boolean | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
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Administrative health region—region name, text A[A(79)]
Specific Information:
Within the context of this collection, administrative health region boundaries may overlap.
|
- | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Service provider organisation—coordinator of volunteers indicator, yes/no code N | Boolean | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Service provider organisation—feedback collection indicator, yes/no code N
Specific Information:
This information is required for the calculation of the national palliative care performance indicator number 3: ‘The proportion of palliative care agencies, within their setting of care, that actively collect feedback from patients/consumers and staff (within the workforce) relating to services and service delivery'.
|
Boolean | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
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Service provider organisation—feedback collection method, code N
Conditional Inclusion:
Recorded when the data element Service provider organisation—feedback collection indicator, yes/no code N value is 'yes' (code 1).
|
- | - | conditional | 8 | |
| Service provider organisation—level of service delivery, palliative care code N | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Service provider organisation—most common service delivery setting, code N | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
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Service provider organisation—partner organisation type, palliative care code N[N]
Conditional Inclusion:
Recorded when the data element Service provider organisation—working partnerships indicator, yes/no code N is 'yes' (code 1).
|
- | - | conditional | 8 | |
| Service provider organisation—service delivery setting, palliative care agency code N | - | - | mandatory | 7 | |
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Service provider organisation—standards assessment indicator, yes/no code N
Specific Information:
This information is required for the calculation of the national palliative care performance indicator number 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'.
|
Boolean | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
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Service provider organisation—standards assessment level, code N
Conditional Inclusion:
Recorded when the data element Service provider organisation—standards assessment indicator, yes/no code N value is 'yes' (code 1).
|
- | - | conditional | 1 | |
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Service provider organisation—standards assessment method, code N
Specific Information:
The acceptable industry-agreed standards for the purposes of this data element are the most recent standards developed and published by Palliative Care Australia.
Conditional Inclusion:
Recorded when the data element Service provider organisation—standards assessment indicator, yes/no code N value is 'yes' (code 1).
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- | - | conditional | 2 | |
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Service provider organisation—working partnership indicator, yes/no code N
Specific Information:
This information is required for the calculation of palliative care performance indicator number 4: ‘The proportion of palliative care agencies, within their setting of care, that have formal working partnerships with other service provider(s) and organisation(s)'.
|
Boolean | 1 | mandatory | 1 |
References
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |