Wait Time for Home Care Services

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Alberta Health Services Seniors Health and Continuing Care Provincial Quality Management
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Access / Waiting Times

Defining Attributes

Definition

Median number of calendar days clients waited, from the date that the initial referral was received to the date when the first home care service was received.

Numerator

The median number of calendar days clients waited, from the date that the initial referral was received to the date when the first home care service was received.

Denominator

This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is the number of clients waiting to begin home care services (inferred).

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

QIs are drawn from clinical assessments (RAI MDS 2.0 interRAI) completed every three months on individuals living in all long-term care facilities across Alberta. The information is shared with the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods

Alberta Continuing Care Publicly Available Quality Indicators Report and Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) Shared Health Priorities website (Alberta's performance in comparison to Canadian averages). Alberta Continuing Care Publicly Available Quality Indicators Report provides an overview of Alberta's performance on nine publicly reported (Canadian Institute for Health Information) Quality Indicators (QI) in long-term care.

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Alberta Continuing Care Publicly Available Quality Indicators page 41 www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/about/data/ahs-data-rai-qs-2021.pdf

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025