Table 1:
Baseline characteristics of 254 664 patients who received home care services
| Covariate/domain | No. (%) of patients; region | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario n = 194 094 |
British Columbia n = 46 359 |
Alberta n = 13 983 |
Yukon n = 228 |
Overall n = 254 664* |
|
| Age group, yr | |||||
| 65–74 | 43 941 (23) | 6592 (14) | 2838 (20) | 69 (30) | 53 440 (21) |
| 75–84 | 83 866 (43) | 18 767 (40) | 5925 (42) | 107 (47) | 108 665 (43) |
| 85–94 | 61 763 (33) | 19 181 (41) | 4885 (35) | 50 (22) | 85 879 (34) |
| ≥ 95 | 4524 (2) | 1819 (4) | 335 (2) | 2 (1) | 6680 (3) |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 115 723 (60) | 27 749 (60) | 8331 (60) | 122 (54) | 151 925 (60) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married† | 88 506 (46) | 16 049 (35) | NA | 70 (31) | 104 625 (43) |
| CHESS score | |||||
| 0 | 32 708 (17) | 10 842 (23) | 4642 (33) | 79 (35) | 48 271 (19) |
| 1 | 60 761 (31) | 14 031 (30) | 4186 (30) | 71 (31) | 79 049 (31) |
| 2 | 57 666 (30) | 12 781 (28) | 3111 (23) | 44 (19) | 73 602 (29) |
| 3 | 33 266 (17) | 6284 (14) | 1547 (11) | 24 (11) | 41 121 (16) |
| 4 | 9030 (5) | 2165 (5) | 456 (3) | 9 (4) | 11 660 (5) |
| 5 | 663 (0) | 256 (1) | 41 (0) | 1 (0) | 961 (0) |
| Diagnoses | |||||
| Congestive heart failure | 22 860 (12) | 6763 (15) | 2026 (14) | 18 (8) | 31 667 (12) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 33 603 (17) | 8177 (18) | 2850 (20) | 53 (23) | 44 683 (18) |
| Pneumonia | 6566 (3) | 835 (2) | 447 (3) | 6 (3) | 7854 (3) |
| Diabetes | 51 006 (26) | 10 172 (22) | 3408 (24) | 54 (24) | 64 640 (25) |
| Arthritis | 89 113 (46) | 17 804 (38) | 6617 (47) | 112 (49) | 113 646 (45) |
| Renal infection | 13 803 (7) | 5290 (11) | 1099 (8) | 6 (3) | 20 198 (8) |
| Urinary tract infection | 10 724 (6) | 2322 (5) | 903 (6) | 8 (4) | 13 957 (5) |
| Dementia | 41 128 (21) | 17 234 (37) | 3620 (26) | 51 (22) | 62 033 (24) |
| Depression | 22 388 (12) | 7237 (16) | 1906 (14) | 16 (7) | 31 547 (12) |
| Cancer | 34 531 (18) | 5593 (12) | 1971 (14) | 37 (16) | 42 132 (17) |
| Nurse visits in the last 7 d | 54 906 (28) | 5942 (13) | 4043 (29) | 46 (20) | 64 937 (25) |
| Cognitive Performance Scale score | |||||
| 0 | 75 913 (39) | 11 198 (24) | 6241 (45) | 98 (43) | 93 450 (37) |
| 1 or 2 | 98 933 (51) | 26 766 (58) | 6390 (46) | 108 (47) | 132 197 (52) |
| 3 or 4 | 14 340 (7) | 6612 (14) | 1010 (7) | 21 (9) | 21 983 (9) |
| 5 or 6 | 4908 (3) | 1783 (4) | 342 (2) | 1 (0) | 7034 (3) |
| Activities of Daily Living Hierarchy Scale score | |||||
| 0 | 119 003 (61) | 27 841 (60) | 10 759 (77) | 190 (83) | 157 793 (62) |
| 1 or 2 | 53 350 (27) | 12 647 (27) | 2343 (17) | 28 (12) | 68 368 (27) |
| ≥ 3 | 21 741 (11) | 5871 (13) | 881 (6) | 10 (4) | 28 503 (11) |
| Functional improvements in activities of daily living | |||||
| Yes | 61 273 (32) | 11 045 (24) | 3869 (28) | 73 (32) | 76 260 (30) |
Note: CHESS = Changes in Health, End-Stage Disease, Signs, and Symptoms Scale; NA = not applicable.
*
Unless indicated otherwise.
†
n = 240 680.