Elapsed Time for Aged Care Services: Home Care Packages: Median and 90th Percentile Values

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
National Healthcare Agreement
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Access / Waiting Times

Defining Attributes

Definition

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.

Numerator

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.

Denominator

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

Exclusions

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

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

By Home Care Package level and priority group.

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

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.

Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Productivity Commission Report on Government Services.

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

Source and Reference Attributes

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)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025