Table 2.
Assessment, Home Support, and Nursing Services, by Province and Discharge Pathway
| 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% |
ain the 90 days after the first home support visit
bin the 90 days prior to the last home support visit observed in the 4-year period