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Regional Variation in Home Care Use in Manitoba

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2010

Sandra Peterson ,
Evelyn Shapiro  and
Noralou P. Roos
Sandra Peterson*
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
Evelyn Shapiro
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
Noralou P. Roos
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
*
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Abstract

Previous studies report geographic variation in the use of home care services. In the province of Manitoba, home care is a core service that Manitoba' twelve regional health authorities (RHAs) are obligated to deliver. Manitoba' RHAs range from remote northern and rural southern regions to a major city, resulting in different challenges for delivering home care. Given this potential for inconsistent delivery and the previous findings of regional variation in other settings, the objective of this study was to measure and assess variation in the use of home care across Manitoba' RHAs. We used data from the Provincial Home Care Program' client registry, other health care administrative databases, and Vital Statistics. Home care use was measured using multiple indicators, including rates of population use, use after hospitalization, before entry to a long-term care facility, and before death. While some important differences emerged, overall we found comparable use of home care across Manitoba.

Résumé

Des recherches antérieures avaient fait état de variations géographiques en ce qui a trait à l'utilisation des services de soins à domicile. Au Manitoba, les soins à domicile font partie des services essentiels que les douze autorités régionales des soins de santé (RHA) du Manitoba sont tenues de fournir. Les RHA du Manitoba gèrent aussi bien des régions rurales du nord et du sud qu'une grande ville, ce qui entraîne des défis différents pour la prestation de soins à domicile. Compte tenu de l'inégalité potentielle en matière de prestation de services ainsi que des conclusions préalables en matière de variation régionale dans un autre contexte, l'objectif de cette étude était de mesurer et d'évaluer la variation dans l'utilisation des soins à domicile dans l'ensemble des RHA du Manitoba. Les chercheurs se sont servis de données tirées du registre des clients du Provincial Home Care Program, d'autres bases de données administratives en santé ainsi que du Bureau de l'état civil. L'utilisation des soins à domicile a été mesurée au moyen de multiples indicateurs, notamment la fréquence de l'utilisation dans la population, de l'utilisation après une hospitalisation, avant l'admission dans un établissement de soins de longue durée et avant un décès. Bien que l'étude ait révélé certaines différences importantes, dans l'ensemble, nous avons constaté que les soins à domicile étaient utilisés de façon comparable partout au Manitoba.

Keywords

home careregional variationaccesshealth services researchadministrative dataagingsoins à domicilevariation régionaleaccèsrecherches sur les soins de santédonnées administrativesvieillissement
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Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 24 , Issue S1: Health and Health Care Use Among Older Adults: Using Population-Based Information Systems to Inform Policy in Manitoba , Spring/Printemps 2005 , pp. 69 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2005

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