Term: Access to Home Care

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

As a measure of home care use, three measures were developed to measure the populations access to home care: 1) Percent of residents in Home Care; 2) Number of new home care clients; and 3) Number of days registered with the home care program (duration).

Related concepts 

• Access to Home Care

Related terms 

• Home Care
• Home Care Program

References 

• Peterson S, Shapiro E, Roos NP. Regional variation in home care use in Manitoba. Can J Aging 2005;24 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):69-80. [Abstract] (View)
• Roos NP, Stranc L, Peterson S, Mitchell L, Bogdanovic B, Shapiro E. A Look at Home Care in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2001. [Report] [Summary] (View)