Wait Time From Community Care Access Centre Determination of Eligibility to Long-Term Care Home Response
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Median and 90th percentile wait time that Ontarians wait from the date a Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) forwards an eligible placement application to Long-Term Care (LTC) homes of clients' choices to the date a LTC home responds to the placement request.
Numerator
The difference (in days) between the facility choice application date and the facility response date. The median and 90th percentile is taken for each group (LTC home, LHINs) for which the measure is reported.
Denominator
This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is people waiting for entry into long-term care homes (inferred).
Exclusions
Missing facility choice application date; Clients waiting transfer between LTC homes; and Death occurred on or before the facility response date.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Client Profile (CPRO) Database which contains information on clients placed or waiting to be placed in a Long-Term Care Home. Information includes patient application information and choices for long-term care homes. Submitted to Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care on a monthly basis.