Wait Time for Home Care Services - Application to First Service (Community Setting)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
90th (or 50th) percentile wait time from community for Community Care Access Centres (CCAC) in-home services: application from community setting to first CCAC service (excluding case management).
Numerator
90th (or 50th) percentile for the number of days between the application date and the first non- case management in-home service date.
Denominator
This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is people waiting for home care services (inferred).
Exclusions
Community referrals: School, LTC placement and other Programs; Home care episodes with calculated wait time less than 0 or greater than 365 days; and Home care episodes with only a case management service, placement, respite or other.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Home Care Database (HCD), Health Shared Services Ontario.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Both 90th and 50th percentiles are calculated for the Multi-Sector Service Accountability Agreement (MSAA).