Wait Time for Home Care Packages
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of home care recipients who waited more than 6 months from aged care eligibility assessment approval to commencement of home care.
Numerator
Number of home care recipients who waited more than 6 months from aged care eligibility assessment to commencement of home care.
Denominator
Number of home care recipients who started home care for the first time during the reporting period.
Exclusions
Only includes incident aged care eligibility assessment.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Aged Care Eligibility Assessment Program, National Screening Assessment Form, Home Care Packages data.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Published publicly annually at national level. Individualised home care provider specific reports with benchmarks provided privately (to providers with more than 20 recipients ) for South Australia only annually.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Caughey GE, Lang CE, Bray SCE, et al. Quality and safety indicators for home care recipients in Australia: development and cross-sectional analyses. BMJ Open 2022;12(8):e063152
Technical Specifications
Registry of Senior Australians. Home Care Outcome Monitoring System Technical Specification – Wait time Indicator. Version 1.0. South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Adelaide, Australia; May 2023, 1 page static1.squarespace.com/static/5b8c84fc4cde7abe6c3e7d7c/t/648927db6de73e5f524e55a0/1686710236315/15IndicatorWaitTime+forHomeCarePackagesV1+dated+28-04-2023_WEBSITE.pdf