Key Performance Indicators for End-of-Life Care.

Key Performance Indicators for End-of-Life Care.

A review of data on place of care and place of death in Ireland.

Research on place of care and death in Ireland

Kieran McKeown

Irish Hospice Foundation

May 2012

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The research proposes the introduction of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for end-of-life care - describing them as necessary and particularly timely in the context of the reconfiguration of health services. It identifies two KPIs that seem particularly appropriate for this purpose - proportion of deaths in hospital and proportion of deaths at home – and highlights the need for corresponding KPIs for Specialist Palliative Care services and community services.