This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents who had a newly occurring stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer.
Lower is better. It means that a lower percentage of residents had a newly occurring stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer on their target assessment.
Data availability:
to (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
This indicator looks at the number of residents who had a newly occurring stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer on their target assessment and no pressure ulcer at stage 2 to 4 on their prior assessment.
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Denominator
Residents with valid assessments
Numerator
Residents who had a pressure ulcer at stage 2 to 4 on their target assessment and no pressure ulcer at stage 2 to 4 on their prior 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.
Data for this indicator is also available in the Quick Stats product Profile of Residents in Residential and Hospital-Based Continuing Care, which includes province-/territory-level results for both the residential and hospital-based continuing care sectors. Please consult the Quick Stats product for more information.