This review informs the development of indicators to measure the safety and quality of end-of-life care in acute hospital settings.

The Commission engaged the Centre for Health Service Development based at the University of Wollongong to perform a rapid review of the literature to identify existing work and inform the development of indicators to measure the safety and quality of end-of-life care in acute hospital settings.

The Commission engaged the Centre for Health Service Development based at the University of Wollongong to perform a rapid review of the literature to identify existing work and inform the development of indicators to measure the safety and quality of end-of-life care in acute hospital settings.

The end-of-life care audit tool was developed to give hospitals the ability to compile data associated with the delivery of end-of-life care in a manageable and uniform way. Having the capacity to collect and analyse this data allows hospitals to review how care is being delivered and identify opportunities for better alignment with the Consensus Statement, and improvement of end-of-life care in general.