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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Average (mean) number of days people spent at home in the last 6 months
Alternate Name
Average number of days people spend at home in the last 6 months of life
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
This indicator measures average (mean) number of days people spent at home in the last 6 months before death. A higher number of days is better
Indicator Status
Active
HQO Reporting tool/product
Public reporting
Dimension
Patient-centred
Type
Outcome
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Days
Calculation Methods

Numerator divided by the denominator

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Number of days people spent at home in the last 6 months of life.

Identifying the number of days that they have spent in the last 6 month

  • in the hospital
  • Inpatient rehab
  • CCC beds
  • Mental health beds
  • Unplanned EDs (count as a full day  for each unplanned ED visit)

Calculation for 6 months: 180 minus the sum of the days spent in the above mentioned settings

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion
 Number of individuals  who died in Ontario 
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed
NA
Data Source
Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS)
Data provided to HQO by
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)
Age, Income, Region, Rurality, Sex, Time
 
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
The data does not show the quality of the care received at home.
Footnotes
1. Days Spent at Home — A Patient-Centered Goal and Outcome Adam C. Groff, M.D., Carrie H. Colla, Ph.D., and Thomas H. Lee, M.D.
 
TAGS
Sector
Other
Type
Outcome
Topic
End-of-life / Palliative
Dimension
Patient-centred
Source
Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS)
 
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
16/10/2017 09:32:00