Wait Time for Home Care Services
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
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
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
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
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
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
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
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