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Table 2 Assessment, Home Support, and Nursing Services, by Province and Discharge Pathway

From: Inter-provincial variation in older home care clients and their pathways: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Canada

 

WRHA

Nova Scotia

 

died

LTC

still on service after 4 years

all other discharges

All

died

LTC

still on service after 4 years

all other discharges

All

N

989

1,713

2,029

547

5,278

977

2,306

1,681

359

5,323

mean years to discharge/end of observation

2.2

2.2

4.0

2.3

2.9

2.2

1.7

4.0

3.1

2.6

Mean # of assessments per 12 months’ time

1.24

1.46

0.92

1.31

1.13

1.21

1.78

0.86

0.88

1.18

Home support hrs per week, at baselinea

4.66

5.25

3.93

3.99

4.50

6.42

6.71

4.69

5.00

5.90

Home support hrs per week, last 90 days observedb

7.92

9.51

5.41

4.81

7.15

11.24

11.04

7.29

7.16

9.63

% increase baseline to end

36%

34%

35%

30%

35%

27%

25%

33%

29%

28%

Any nursing, first 90 days

28%

18%

17%

17%

19%

39%

30%

27%

31%

31%

     mean total hours (among those with any)

17.6

24.0

16.5

20.4

19.4

32.4

33.3

23.4

30.3

29.8

     Proportion of these hours by RN

60%

57%

60%

65%

59%

36%

22%

32%

27%

28%

Any nursing, last 90 days

46%

25%

22%

20%

27%

61%

36%

36%

21%

39%

     mean total hours (among those with any)

19.9

18.1

21.5

16.9

19.4

46.1

39.2

18.4

39.5

33.9

     Proportion of these hours by RN

72%

53%

58%

53%

61%

42%

16%

25%

44%

28%

  1. ain the 90 days after the first home support visit
  2. bin the 90 days prior to the last home support visit observed in the 4-year period