Table 3

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

Gibson 16

Hamilton

Crude Rate

Age-Sex-Standardized Rate*

Crude Rate

CCAC Clients

35.2

38.1

34.7

Nursing Visits

546

606

532

Shift Nursing Hours

89.2

89.3

157

Personal Support and Homemaking Hours

1,193

1,318

1,622

Social Work Visits

19.2

21.8

13.1

Nutrition Visits

11.4

12.0

9.7

Speech Visits

16.9

16.7

16.0

Physiotherapy Visits

57.1

63.0

59.2

Occupational Therapy Visits

58.0

62.1

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