5-Day Wait Time for Home Care: Nursing Visits - by Patient Available Date

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Health Quality Ontario
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Access / Waiting Times

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of home care patients who received their first nursing visit within 5 days of the patient available date (Retired).

Numerator

The number of home care patients who received their first nursing service visit for a new service authorisation within 5 days of the patient available date

Denominator

Total number of clients who received nursing service

Exclusions

Children – age < 19 at time of PAD Referrals other than in home (school, placement) Shift nursing Overlapping nursing authorisations (i.e. if the nursing service is not discharged and a new nursing service is added, only the first nursing service would be counted) Patients who were on hold between the PAD and the first visit (all on hold reasons)

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Client Health and Related Information System (CHRIS), Home Care Database (HCD), data provided by Health Shared Services Ontario (HSSO)

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

Retired indicator. Previously - Multi-Sector Service Accountability Agreement and Quality Improvement Plan (home care)

Reporting Frequency
Fiscal year
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
No
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
23 July 2025