Wait Time for Their First Nursing Visit

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Home Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Health Quality Ontario Home Care Reporting System (HCRS)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Wait Time / System Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of home care patients authorised for nursing services who received their first nursing visit within five days. The wait time is described as the number of days between service authorisation date and the date of formal in-home nursing. A higher percentage is better.

Numerator

The number of home care patients in a fiscal year who received their first nursing service visit within five days of the date they were authorised for nursing services by the Local Health Integration Network.

Denominator

The number of adult home care patients who received in-home nursing services.

Exclusions

Included in denominator are new patients.

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Client Health and Related Information System (CHRIS), Home Care Database (HCD). Each case is reported under the fiscal year and quarter in which the home care patient received their first home care service.

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods

Public reporting.

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Health Quality Ontario. Measuring Up 2018: A yearly report on how Ontario's health system is performing, 2018.

Technical Specifications

Indicator library of Ontario Health website not accessible (transition from health quality ontario website)

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025