This indicator measures the percentage of long-stay home care patients who didn’t have a pressure ulcer or had a stage 1 pressure ulcer on their previous assessment that developed a stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer by their target assessment. A lower percentage is better.

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Outcome

1) The underlying indicator population changes each year as the characteristics of the home care population change; therefore, careful interpretation of trends over time is required since any change may be the result of a combination of changes in the underlying population as well as the resource utilization of the patients being served and the performance of the service providers and CCACs. 2) Jurisdictions differ in their requirements for RAI-HC assessment frequency, in the process that the data go through for production, and in the regions assessed; therefore, comparison of Ontario results to other jurisdictions should only be made with these limitations noted. 3) Only long-term home care patients receive RAI-HC assessments and are included in the HCRS database (i.e., clients who require care for more than 60 days of continuous service). For more details, see Home Care Reporting System (HCRS) RAI-HC Output Specifications 2016-2017, CIHI.

Data are based on information from mandatory Resident Assessment Instrument - Home Care (RAI-HC) assessments. The RAI-HC is a standardized assessment that is completed for long-stay home care patients (those requiring services for at least 60 consecutive days). Assessments are completed at authorization for home care services and at least once every 6 months thereafter.

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