Median and 90th percentile waiting time in months between an Aged Care Assessment Team approval for home care and assignment of a Home Care Package.

Median and 90th percentile of the number of days between Aged Care Assessment Team approval and assignment of a Home Care Package for people. Waiting time for Home Care Packages is calculated by subtracting the date at which the Home Care Package was assigned (offered) on the My Aged Care system from the date at which the Aged Care Assessment Team delegated Home Care Package was approved.

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

Home Care Package assignments for people not actively waiting in the National Provider System (NPS) for the entire time between approval and assignment.

By Home Care Package level and priority group.

From the Australian Government Department of Health's Ageing and Aged Care data warehouse (holds data for residential and community aged care programs administered by Health). The warehouse holds data on: service providers; services; places; people; assessments; outputs; funding; quality and compliance. The data are provided to Health by: service providers, Aged Care Assessment Teams, Medicare Australia and the Aged Care Accreditation Agency.

Productivity Commission Report on Government Services.

meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/740748 Reported at: www.pc.gov.au/ongoing/report-on-government-services/2023/community-services/aged-care-services