Hospital Stay Extended Until Home Care Services or Supports Ready
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Median number of days patients remain in hospital when they no longer need that level of care, until home care services or supports are ready.
Numerator
Median number of days patients spend in an inpatient acute care hospital bed when they don't need acute care (also known as alternate level of care, or ALC) before they are discharged to home care.
Denominator
This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is inpatients discharged to home care (inferred).
Exclusions
Records with admission category of cadaveric donor or stillbirth; Records with selected mental health diagnoses; Medical assistance in dying.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) captures administrative, clinical and demographic information on hospital discharges (including deaths, sign-outs and transfers). Data is received directly from acute care facilities or from their respective health/regional authority or ministry/department of health.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
CIHI website webtools: Your Health System: In Brief (available to public).