Number of Elderly People Who Use Free Accommodation Offer to Nursing Home/Care Home and Elderly Housing

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Denmark
Publishing Organisation
Statistics Denmark: Social Benefits for Senior Citizens Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Wait Time / System Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Number of elderly people who have been on a waiting list for a specific accommodation, and the number of elderly people not making use of the right to choose accommodation.

Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Register. The municipalities' care systems (EOJ) is used to calculate the indicators. Statistics Denmark receives data either on a monthly or yearly basis.

Frequency of Data Collection
6 monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
182
Reporting Methods

Publicly reported at national, region and municipality level, annually.

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Technical Specifications
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