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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Days spent at home in the last 6 months (180 days) of life
Alternate Name
Days spent at home in the last 6 months (180 days) of life
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
Average days at home (180 minus total days in hospital, emergency department, inpatient rehab and complex continuing care) in the last 6 months of life
HQO Reporting tool/product
Ontario Health Teams: Quality
Dimension
Patient-centred
Type
Outcome
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Days
Calculation Methods
N/A
Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
For each decedent, calculated as 180 minus the sum of days spent in hospital (DAD and OMHRS data), emergency department (NACRS), inpatient rehab (NRS), and complex continuing care (CCC)
Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
The number of OHT attributed patients that died in the reporting period
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized
Risk adjusted
Data Source
Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
Data provided to HQO by
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
 
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
A higher value (mean days) is desirable for this indicator
 
TAGS
Sector
Ontario Health Team
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), OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
 
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Publish Datetime
10/03/2022 13:37:00