Term: Personal Care Home (PCH) / Long-Term Care (LTC)

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

Persons admitted or panelled (on waiting list) to a Personal Care Home or long-term care facility, as recorded in the Personal Care Home file. We identified individuals as new clients if they were not registered in the Personal Care Home file in the year prior.

Related terms 

• Panelled

References 

• Kozyrskyj A, Lix L, Dahl M, Soodeen R. High-cost Users of Pharmaceuticals: Who are They? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2005. [Report] [Summary] (View)