Table 3

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

McQuesten 14

Hamilton

Crude Rate

Age-Sex-Standardized Rate*

Crude Rate

CCAC Clients

34.8

38.3

34.7

Nursing Visits

569

639

532

Shift Nursing Hours

185

181

157

Personal Support and Homemaking Hours

1,305

1,541

1,622

Social Work Visits

13.7

15.0

13.1

Nutrition Visits

7.6

8.3

9.7

Speech Visits

14.4

13.9

16.0

Physiotherapy Visits

60.5

68.9

59.2

Occupational Therapy Visits

57.7

64.2

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