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
Data 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
Reporting Frequency in Days
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
12 March 2025
Actions
Date Modified 12 March 2025