Number of people specified in the denominator, who received at least one home care service during their last 30 days of life, reported as:

1. Any home care (who had any of the codes listed below)

Inclusions:

• • ID	description
    1	NURSING - VISIT
    2	NURSING - SHIFT (HOUR)
    3	RESPIRATORY SERVICES
    4	NUTRITION/DIETETIC
    5	PHYSIOTHERAPY
    6	OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
    7	SPEECH LANGUAGE THERAPY
    8	SOCIAL WORK
    9	PSYCHOLOGY
    10	CASE MANAGEMENT
    11	PERSONAL SERVICES (HOUR)
    12	HOMEMAKING SERVICES (HOUR)
    13	COMBINED PS AND HM SERVICES (HOUR)
    14	PLACEMENT SERVICES
    15	RESPITE
    16	MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDIDCTION NURSING VISIT
    17	Nurse Practitioner Palliative Visit
    18	Rapid Response Nursing Visit
    19	Primary Care Clinics
    20	Pharmacy
    21	Health Promotion Education and Symptom Management
    22	Other Combined Clinics
    23	Telehomecare
    24	Primary Care
    99	OTHER

2. Palliative home care  (who had any of the codes listed below)

Home Care Database (HCD):

Service_RPC = 95: Service care goal of end of life; patient provided service under end of life designation OR 

SRC_admission = 95: Service recipient code (i.e., classification) of end of life on admission OR 

SRC_discharge = 95: Service recipient code of end of life on discharge 

Number of people who died and were in the community in their last 30 days of life.

Exclusions:

1. People who spent their last month in the hospital, LTC/CCC or NRS.

• If the sum of the lengths of stay (considering episodes of care within acute inpatient stays) across all institutions during the last 30 days of life equals or exceeds 30 days, the patient is considered in an institution for the duration of interest, and is excluded.
• Institution is defined as: Acute inpatient hospital, Complex Continuing care, Long term care home, Inpatient mental health, Inpatient rehab

2. DAD death records (discharge disposition = 07) that have MCC = 19 (Trauma, injury, poisoning, toxic effect of drugs) 

NACRS death records (VISIT_DISPOSITION = '10', '11')  where any diagnosis code begins with one of the following: 'S', 'T', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y' (sudden deaths) 

OMHRS death records (x90  = 2 or 3) where x90 = 2 (suicide)