Table 3

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

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Hamilton

Crude Rate

Age-Sex-Standardized Rate*

Crude Rate

CCAC Clients

23.2

28.4

34.7

Nursing Visits

418

532

532

Shift Nursing Hours

226

222

157

Personal Support and Homemaking Hours

1,507

1,994

1,622

Social Work Visits

11.5

12.6

13.1

Nutrition Visits

8.7

9.8

9.7

Speech Visits

10.6

10.5

16.0

Physiotherapy Visits

40.2

48.9

59.2

Occupational Therapy Visits

39.0

47.2

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