Wait Time From Hospital Discharge to Service Initiation - Long Stay Complex Client
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number of days from the hospital discharge date to the first non-case management (CM) service for clients whose referral source was hospital - Complex Long-Stay Clients.
Numerator
90th (or 50th) percentile for the number of days between the discharge date and the first non- case management Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) service date.
Denominator
This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is Long Stay Complex Clients waiting for home care services (inferred).
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Home Care Database (HCD), Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres (OACCAC), Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC), Long Stay Assessment Software (LSAS), Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres (OACCAC). Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC) receives HCD data quarterly, ~6 weeks after end of quarter. MOHLTC receives Hospital DAD data quarterly, ~20 weeks after end of quarter.
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).