Median Number of Days to Long-Term Care Home Placement
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Median number of days residents waited to be placed in a long-term care home from the date of long-term care home application or consent to the date of placement, whichever is longer.
Numerator
The median time, in days, for each included placement from the earlier of long-term care home application date or consent date to date of placement.
Denominator
Includes residents (includes all priority categories) placed from hospitals (acute, rehab, CCC, etc.), assisted living residences, cluster care residences, group homes, private dwelling, retirement homes, supportive housing and other.
Exclusions
Residents placed from another long-term care home.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Stratified by location of the individual prior to placement (e.g., placed from hospital or placed from community).
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data provided by Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care from Modernised Client Profile Database.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Publicly reported quarterly by LTCF, city, and Local Health Integration Network Region. The indicator is calculated as a rolling 4 quarter average by fiscal year.