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released: 17 Aug 2009 author: AIHW

In general, the aged care program data used in the Pathways in Aged Care (PIAC) project relating to 105,000 older Australians contain dates of service use. However, there are two complications with the Home and Community Care (HACC) data when integrating service use event data into care pathways: (a) the data available for the project only indicate quarters of service use, and (b) not all HACC agencies participate in the data collection. This report describes how these matters are being treated for the PIAC project. Using this approach 72,000 PIAC cohort members had 107,000 periods during which they were accessing HACC services over the 4 years from July 2002.

ISSN 1833-1238; ISBN 978 1 74024 939 3; Cat. no. CSI 7; 40pp.; Internet only

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Verso and title page
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
      • Authorship
      • Contributors
      • Funding
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols used in tables
    • Summary
      • Background
      • The issues
      • The analysis
  • Body section
    1. Background: the PIAC project
    2. The issues
    3. The HACC data
    4. Possible approaches
    5. Analysis of agency reporting and client service use
      • 5.1 Agency participation
      • 5.2 Client service use
      • 5.3 Comparing person and agency reporting
      • 5.4 Selecting the approach
    6. Allowing for non-HACC events
      • 6.1 Data informing setting HACC event dates
      • 6.2 Identifying event dates for HACC service use
      • 6.3 Results
        • 6.3.1 Overall effects of the approach on HACC event dates
        • 6.3.2 Effects of the approach on HACC event dates, by service group
    7. Adjusting HACC start date for date of first completed assessment
      • 7.1 Possible approaches
      • 7.2 Analysis
      • 7.3 Selected approach
    8. Summary of the algorithm for the determination of HACC dates
  • End matter
    • Appendix: Tables
      • A1. Agency participation
      • A2. Client use
      • A3. Unexplained reporting gaps
      • A4. Results and issues arising from approach
      • A5. Adjusting the HACC start date
    • References
    • List of tables

Recommended citation

AIHW 2009. Incorporating HACC use into aged care pathways: a technical report for the PIAC project. Cat. no. CSI 7. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442468273>.