A higher value indicates that a larger proportion of residents are female.
This measure is a component of a facility’s/corporation’s profile. There are no desirable results for this measure.
This contextual measure examines the percentage of residents in the long-term care facility or corporation who are female. It is calculated by dividing the number of resident encounters that are at least one day long and that involve a female resident by the total number of resident encounters. An encounter is defined as 1 resident’s stay in 1 facility from admission to discharge.
Unit of Analysis: Resident encounter
The total number of residents who are present for at least one day in the most recent fiscal year
The total number of female residents who are present for at least one day in the most recent fiscal year
Comments
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