Wait-time-to-long-term-care-home-placement-community

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Median number of days to long-term care home placement (community) (Retired)

Alternate Name

Wait time to long-term care home placement (community)

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures the 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.

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Timely

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Days

Calculation Methods

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. The median is the number of days within which 50% of individuals waited from the date of application or consent to the date of placement.

The median time can be stratified by location of the individual prior to placement (e.g., placed from hospital or placed from community).

The median is calculated for the following placements for this indicator:

Placed from community

Inclusions:

All residents placed from the home, retirement homes, and supportive housing only

Exclusions:

Residents for whom "Admitted from" and/or "Prior Location Code" is unknown

Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

N/A

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

N/A

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

Data Source

Modernized Client Profile Database (CPRO Modernized)

Data provided to HQO by

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

The wait time for long-term care placement is measured among individuals who have been placed into long-term care, so does not capture individuals who are waiting for long-term care but die or find alternative arrangements before receiving long-term care home accommodation. This indicator does not include the wait time for individuals transferring from another long-term care home.

Comments Summary

** This indicator is retired for 2020/21 ** This is a QIP priority indicator for 2019/20. QIP Current performance reporting period: April 2016 - March 2017. To access your organization’s data for the reporting period, refer to Health Quality Ontario’s QIP Navigator. Data will be available in February 2019. Alternatively, these data can be gathered from Health Quality Ontario’s Wait Times for Long-Term Care Homes.