Wait Times for Hip Replacement (Percentiles)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The number of days a patient waited, between the date when the patient and the appropriate physician agreed to a total hip replacement and the patient was ready to receive it, and the date the patient received a planned total hip replacement surgery.
Numerator
50th percentile: Half of all patients waited this many days before receiving care. 90th percentile: 1 out of 10 patients waited this many days or more before receiving care.
Denominator
Number of adults who received a planned total hip replacement.
Exclusions
Emergency cases, cement spacers and elective partial hip replacements, abandoned procedures and days when patient was unavailable.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By province/territory and region.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Provincial Wait Times Registry
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Available online: www.cihi.ca/en/explore-wait-times-for-priority-procedures-across-canada