This indicator looks at how many long-term care residents have developed or have not improved from a respiratory condition.
Lower is better; it means that a lower percentage of long-term care residents have developed a respiratory condition or have not gotten better.
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 have developed a respiratory condition or have not gotten better
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Denominator
Residents with valid assessments
Numerator
Residents with none of the following respiratory conditions on their prior assessment and at least one of the conditions on their target assessment, or residents with at least one of the respiratory conditions on their prior assessment and the same or higher count of respiratory conditions on their target assessment:
- Pneumonia
- Shortness of breath
- Recurrent aspirations
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.