Has an Indwelling Catheter

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI): Long-Term Care Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Continence / Elimination

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of residents with an indwelling catheter.

Numerator

Number of residents who had an indwelling catheter.

Denominator

All residents.

Exclusions

End-stage disease (less than 6 months to live) or receiving hospice/palliative care.

Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments

Direct standardisation, indirect standardisation Standard Population: 3,000 facilities in 6 U.S. states and 92 residential care facilities and continuing care hospitals in Ontario and Nova Scotia. Individual covariates: Pressure ulcer (stage 3 or 4), Diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / multiple sclerosis, Age younger than 65.

Stratifications

Facility-level stratification: Case Mix Index.

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Data availability 2017-21. Resident Assessment Instrument–Minimum Data Set 2.0 (RAI-MDS 2.0) and submitted to the Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), or using the interRAI Long-Term Care Facilities (interRAI LTCF) assessment and submitted to the Integrated interRAI Reporting System (IRRS).

Frequency of Data Collection
90 days
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
90
Reporting Methods

Publicly reported at national and provincial/territory level as part of national Continuing Care Reporting System, quarterly. Also includes reporting at region, LTCF, corporation, and sector level (not public).

Reporting Frequency
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

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