Table 2 Health services use during one year of follow-up among long-stay home care clients in Ontario, Canada, 2007 – overall and stratified by sex and age

Acute care hospital use, % (95% CI)

Emergency department visits

Any visits

54.3%

52.7%

53.2%

55.0%

56.7%

59.2%

57.3%

59.1%

60.3%

60.6%

(53.7-55.0)

(51.2-54.1)

(52.1-54.3)

(53.8-56.2)

(55.2-58.2)

(58.2-60.3)

(55.2-59.5)

(57.3-60.9)

(58.3-62.4)

(57.9-63.5)

Visits for potentially prevenz conditions

17.4%

17.3%

17.2%

17.6%

17.6%

20.7%

19.2%

20.8%

21.0%

22.2%

(17.0-17.8)

(16.4-18.1)

(16.6-17.9)

(16.9-18.3)

(16.8-18.4)

(20.1-21.3)

(18.0-20.5)

(19.8-21.9)

(19.8-22.2)

(20.6-23.9)

Visits for fall-related injuries

12.8%

10.5%

11.8%

13.5%

15.4%

10.0%

8.6%

9.7%

10.4%

12.4%

(12.5-13.1)

(9.8-11.2)

(11.3-12.3)

(13.0-14.1)

(14.6-16.2)

(9.6-10.5)

(7.8-9.5)

(8.9-10.4)

(9.5-11.3)

(11.1-13.7)

Acute care hospital admissions

Any admissions

34.5%

33.5%

33.9%

34.7%

36.4%

43.3%

42.3%

43.6%

43.5%

43.6%

(34.0-35.1)

(32.3-34.6)

(33.0-34.8)

(33.7-35.6)

(35.2-37.6)

(42.4-44.2)

(40.5-44.2)

(42.0-45.1)

(41.8-45.3)

(41.3-46.0)

Average length of stay, mean ± SD

22.8 ± 33.2

22.9 ± 34.4

22.5 ± 34.4

23.2 ± 32.0

22.5 ± 32.2

25.5 ± 37.2

27.0 ± 41.2

26.0 ± 38.7

24.4 ± 33.9

24.3 ± 32.2

Any admissions with ALC

11.3%

10.5%

11.7%

13.6%

14.5%

12.2%

14.6%

15.1%

16.8%

(11.0-11.6)

9.3% (8.7-

(10.0-11.0)

(11.2-12.3)

(12.9-14.3)

(14.0-15.0)

(11.2-13.2)

(13.7-15.5)

(14.1-16.2)

(15.4-18.3)

Average ALC length of stay for those with ALC days, mean ± SD

26.1 ± 40.8

26.1 ± 41.0

26.8 ± 45.6

26.0 ± 36.9

25.3 ± 39.2

29.3 ± 45.8

33.6 ± 55.4

29.4 ± 47.0

27.7 ± 40.5

26.8 ± 38.3

Long-term care use, n (%)

Any long-term care applications

15.4%

11.8%

14.4%

16.4%

18.8%

17.2%

13.6%

16.6%

19.6%

19.7%

(15.1-15.7)

(11.1-12.5)

(13.9-15.0)

(15.8-17.1)

(18.0-19.7)

(16.6-17.7)

(12.6-14.7)

(15.6-17.6)

(18.4-20.8)

(18.1-21.3)

Any long-term care placements

11.1%

7.8%

9.8%

12.2%

14.8%

12.5%

8.8%

12.4%

13.9%

15.9%

(10.9-11.4)

(7.3-8.4)

(9.3-10.3)

(11.7-12.8)

(14.1-15.6)

(12.0-13.0)

(8.0-9.7)

(11.6-13.3)

(12.9-14.9)

(14.5-17.4)