INDICATOR NAME
Name
Median number of days to long-term care home placement
Alternate Name
Median number of days waited to move into a long-term care home
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. Fewer number of days is better.
Indicator Status
Active
HQO Reporting tool/product
Public reporting
Dimension
Efficient, Patient-centred, 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 each of the following placements:
1) All placements
Inclusions:
- 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 (i.e. residents who were transferred from another long-term care home)
- Residents for whom "Admitted from" and/or "Prior Location Code" is unknown
2) Placed from acute care
Inclusions:
- All residents (includes all priority categories) placed from acute care hospitals. Does not include residents placed from rehab, CCC, etc.
3) Placed from community
Inclusions:
- All residents (includes all priority categories) placed from assisted living residences, cluster care residences, group homes, private dwelling, retirement homes and supportive housing.
Numerator including inclusion/exclusion
Denominator including inclusion/exclusion
NA
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed
None
Data Source
Modernized Client Profile Database (CPRO Modernized)
Data provided to HQO by
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)
Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)
Institution, Other, Region, Time
RESULT UPDATES
Indicator Results
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 Detailed
This is a system indicator and not an indicator of individual long-term care home performance. The results by Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) region represent the median of the wait times for residents placed within a LHIN region (i.e., the result is the median of the wait experienced by residents by the LHIN region where the placement occurred (based on location of the long-term care home) regardless of their prior location LHIN region). The median was chosen as a summary measure because the overall distribution of wait time is highly skewed by very long waits.
TAGS
Sector
Long Term Care
Type
Process
Topic
Aging, Integration, Wait Times
Dimension
Efficient, Patient-centred, Timely
Source
Modernized Client Profile Database (CPRO Modernized)
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
22/08/2019 09:39:00