Patient pathways : Cheminement du patient : transferts des soins de longue durée aux soins de courte durée

Patient Pathways: Transfers From Continuing Care to Acute Care About CIHI The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) collects and analyzes information on health and health care in Canada and makes it publicly available. [...] CIHI 2009 1. Patient Pathways: Transfers From Continuing Care to Acute Care Key Findings In 2007–2008, 35% of acute care hospitalizations in Canada (excluding Quebec) were for persons age 75 and older, and out of those, 10% were for patients who had been transferred from a continuing care setting. [...] CIHI 2009 3. Patient Pathways: Transfers From Continuing Care to Acute Care A Focus on Those 75 and Older For the purpose of this analysis, we identified patients admitted via transfer from continuing care as residents who were either transferred to a hospital emergency department (ED) and then admitted to acute care, or those who were admitted directly to an inpatient unit. [...] For example, in the recently released report on staffing and care standards for long-term care homes in Ontario, it was identified that due to changes in the hospital sector, “residents with multiple care needs that were previously cared for in chronic care hospitals are now cared for in LTC [long-term care] homes.”2 CIHI 2009 5 Patient Pathways: Transfers From Continuing Care To Acute Care Figure [...] Alternate Level of Care and Discharge Destination The main differences between the two groups—those transferred from continuing care and those admitted from home or other settings—relate to discharge destination and the length of time waiting for discharge at the end of their acute care stay.