. 2022 Apr 7;17(4):e0266569. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266569

Table 1. List of the 27 preliminary QIs reviewed by the expert panel, how they relate to the 6 themes identified in Phase I and which interRAI assessment can be used to generate the QI.

Name and brief description of each theme and QIs that relate to that theme	Failure to Improve	Follow-up prevalence
1. Access to care: coordination/continuity of care, access to care providers, access to services at the appropriate time
Prevalence of emergency department visits^a,^b		X
Prevalence of hospital admissions^a,^b		X
2. Patient care: Discussion of preferred setting of death across the illness trajectory, advanced goals/care planning
Prevalence of clients feeling that progress is not being made regarding completion of personal goals^b		X
Prevalence of no advance directives^b		X
Prevalence of clients feeling a lack of completion of financial, legal and other formal responsibilities^b		X
3. Caregiver support: How to cope with distress/burden/loneliness, education for caregivers/knowledge to keep client at home, caregiver supports (networks, respite)
Prevalence of caregiver distress^a,^b		X
4. Symptom management: Treating symptoms and also having a patient-centred approach to care
Prevalence of falls^a,^b		X
Prevalence of severe or excruciating daily pain^a,^b		X
Prevalence of pain that is not controlled by medications^a,^b		X
Failure for pain to improve^a,^b	X
Prevalence of constipation^a,^b		X
Prevalence of shortness of breath at rest^a,^b		X
Prevalence of shortness of breath upon exertion^a,^b		X
Failure for shortness of breath to improve^a,^b	X
Prevalence of stasis/pressure ulcers^a,^b		X
Prevalence of a delirium-like syndrome^a,^b		X
Prevalence of nausea or vomiting^a,^b		X
Prevalence of fatigue^a,^b		X
Prevalence of sleep problems^a,^b		X
Prevalence of poor self-reported health^a,^b		X
Prevalence of negative mood^a,^b		X
Failure for negative mood to improve^a,^b	X
Prevalence of declining social activities that causes distress^a		X
Prevalence of loneliness^a		X
Prevalence of anxious complaints^a,^b		X
5. Spiritual care: Patient and their family should be provided resources and have access to spiritual care
Prevalence of struggling with the meaning of life^b		X
Prevalence of wanting to die now^b		X
6. Home as the preferred place of death: no QIs could be created to address this theme

^a indicates a QI that can be generated with the interRAI HC data

^b indicates a QI that can be generated with the interRAI PC data