5-Day Wait Time for Home Care: Nursing Visits - by Patient Available Date
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
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
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
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)