This indicator looks at how many long-term care residents had a stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer.
Lower is better; it means that a lower percentage of long-term care residents had a stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer.
Data availability: (fiscal years)
Geographic coverage
Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon
Reporting level
Province/Territory, Region, Facility, Corporation
Calculation
Percentage of residents who had a stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer on their target assessment
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Denominator
Residents with valid assessments
Numerator
Residents who had a stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer on their target assessment
Comments
The long-term care quality indicators use 4 rolling quarters of data for calculations in order to have a sufficient number of assessments for risk adjustment. Since residents are assessed on a quarterly basis, each resident can contribute to the indicator up to 4 times.