Table 3

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

Eastdale 1

Hamilton

Crude Rate

Age-Sex-Standardized Rate*

Crude Rate

CCAC Clients

26.5

30.3

34.7

Nursing Visits

298

328

532

Shift Nursing Hours

111

114

157

Personal Support and Homemaking Hours

1,499

1,851

1,622

Social Work Visits

7.2

7.2

13.1

Nutrition Visits

6.9

7.7

9.7

Speech Visits

11.5

12.1

16.0

Physiotherapy Visits

43.3

52.5

59.2

Occupational Therapy Visits

44.6

51.8

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