Table 3

CCAC Utilization per 1,000 population, fiscal year 2003-2004

Dundurn 11

Hamilton

Crude Rate

Age-Sex-Standardized Rate*

Crude Rate

CCAC Clients

39.4

35.9

34.7

Nursing Visits

635

562

532

Shift Nursing Hours

153

211

157

Personal Support and Homemaking Hours

2,091

1,679

1,622

Social Work Visits

12.1

11.3

13.1

Nutrition Visits

11.6

11.4

9.7

Speech Visits

17.2

22.6

16.0

Physiotherapy Visits

74.2

61.7

59.2

Occupational Therapy Visits

65.5

63.8

57.2

 

*  The neighbourhood rate is standardized by age and sex using the Hamilton population as the standard for age-sex controlled comparisons.  That is, the age-sex standardized rate is the rate that would result if the neighbourhood population had the same age-sex distribution as Hamilton.

 

    Source:  Hamilton Community Care Access Centre, August 2004