Median Number of Days to Long-Term Care Home Placement

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Health Quality Ontario Long Term Care Home Performance Quality Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Wait Time / System Access

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
No
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
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Data provided by Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care from Modernised Client Profile Database.

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
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.

Reporting Frequency
90 days
Reporting Frequency in Days
90
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)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025