title: [Quality registration is a support for more specialized palliative care. 9 out of 12 of the indicators improved significantly during one year].
abstract: Systematic improvement of quality of care at the end of life is still scarce. The regional palliative care service in Skåne, which has eight units covering a population of almost 1.3 million inhabitants, has systematically used the Swedish Register of Palliative Care (SRPC, http://www.palliativ.se/ ) for care development. 9 out of 12 of the indicators improved significantly in 2014 compared to 2013. Through transparency of registered data and regular feedback to the department's units we have been able to encourage the exchange of experiences between the units, provide opportunities for internal and external benchmarking and also prioritize topics for teaching and training. The positive results must be interpreted with caution as this is a non-controlled follow-up. The exact correlation between recorded data and value for the patient is mainly unknown and requires further studies.
authors.affiliation: Palliativt Utvecklingscentrum vid Region Skåne och Lunds Universitet - Lund, Sweden Palliativt Utvecklingscentrum - Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sallerfors
authors.affiliation: Epidemiologi och Registercentrum Syd, Skånes Universitetssjukhus - Lund, Sweden Palliativt Utvecklingscentrum - Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.affiliation: Palliativt Utvecklingscentrum vid Region Skåne och Lunds Universitet - Lund, Sweden Palliativt Utvecklingscentrum - Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Carl-Johan
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Fürst
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards