5-Day Wait Time for Home Care: Personal Support for Complex Patients - 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

This indicator measures the percentage of complex home care patients who received their first personal support service visit within five days of the patient available date (PAD). (Retired)

Numerator

The number of complex patients who received their first personal support service for a new service authorisation within 5 days of the patient available date. First visit must take place in the period selected. Inclusions: Patients who received the first personal support service within 5 days of the patient available date First personal support service must take place in the period selected In Home referrals only Age >=19 at time of PAD Personal support service type only 'payable' visits only SRC 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 at time of PAD CCM population of 'complex' at time of PAD Find the last PAD of each service before the first visit In cases where there are overlapping service authorisations, take the earliest of the 'last PADs' before the first visit In cases where the PAD selected above still produces a negative wait time, we will set the wait time to 0 days Exclusions: CCM populations other than 'complex' Children – age < 19 at time of PAD Referrals other than in home (school, placement) Overlapping personal support authorisations (i.e. if the personal support service is not discharged and a new personal support service is added, only the first personal support service would be counted) Patients who were on hold between the PAD and the first visit (all on hold reasons)

Denominator

The number of complex patients who received their first personal support service for a new service authorisation within the period selected. Inclusions: First personal support service must take place in the period selected In Home referrals only Age >=19 at time of PAD Personal Support service type 'payable' visits only SRC 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 at time of PAD CCM population of 'complex' at time of PAD For this report we find the last PAD of each service before the first visit In cases where there are overlapping service authorisations, take the earliest of the 'last PADs' before the first visit In cases where the PAD selected above still produces a negative wait time, we will set the wait time to 0 days Exclusions: Children – age < 19 at time of PAD Referrals other than in home (school, placement) CCM populations other than 'complex' Overlapping personal support authorisations (i.e. if the personal support service is not discharged and a new personal support service is added, only the first personal support service would be counted) Patients who were on hold between the PAD date and the first visit (all on hold reasons)

Exclusions

CCM populations other than 'complex' Children – age < 19 at time of PAD Referrals other than in home (school, placement) Overlapping personal support authorisations (i.e. if the personal support service is not discharged and a new personal support service is added, only the first personal support 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 in the 2019/20 QIP. 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