Assessed Long-Term Clients

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Home Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Service Delivery / Care Planning

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of admitted long-term home care clients who were assessed in the reporting fiscal year

Numerator

The number of unique long-term/maintenance clients who were admitted (i.e., admission records were submitted) in the reporting fiscal year, and for whom a RAI-HC© assessment was submitted by the end of quarter 4 of the reporting fiscal year

Denominator

The total number of unique long-term/maintenance clients who were admitted (i.e., admission records were submitted) in the reporting fiscal year

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Data quality indicators for the Home Care Reporting System

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

Reported in each year's Home Care Reporting System Data Users Guide

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

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)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025