Provincial and Territorial Home Care Programs: A Synthesis for Canada

Mireille Dumont-Lemasson, Carol Donovan, Maggie Wylie
with the assistance of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Advisory Committee on Health Services Working Group on Continuing Care
June 1999
ISBN: 0-662-27936-0 (print publication)
Cat. No.: H21-147/1999E (print publication)

Table of Contents

• Preamble
• Background
• Objectives of the Project
• Limitations
• Definition of Home Care
• Jurisdiction for Home Care Services

Synthesis of Home Care Programs on Each of Eight Descriptive Factors

In this section, an interprovincial analysis for each of eight descriptive factors is presented.  Based on the information provided in appendices 1.0 to 8.0, the analysis shows commonalities and differences among jurisdictions for each of eight descriptive factors.

• Section 1.0: Organization and Governance
• Section 2.0: Legislation
• Section 3.0: Services and Providers
• Section 4.0: Eligibility
• Section 5.0: Assessment and Case Management
• Section 6.0: Coverage and Co-payment Charges
• Section 7.0: Funding and Utilization Data
  • Section 7.0.1: Sources
  • Section 7.0.2: Funding Data
  • Section 7.0.3: Utilization Data
• Section 8.0: Current Initiatives

Synthesis for Canada

• Similarities
• Differences
• Conclusion

Appendices

• Appendix 1.0: Organization and Governance
• Appendix 2.0: Legislation
• Appendix 3.1 Range of Services
• Appendix 3.2 Models of Service Delivery
• Appendix 3.3 Types of Providers
• Appendix 4.0: Eligibility
• Appendix 5.0: Assessment and Case Management
• Appendix 6.0: Coverage and Co-payment Charges
• Appendix 7.0: Funding and Utilization Data
  • Table 1: Public Home Care Expenditures in Dollars and Percentage of Public Health Expenditures by Province and Territory, 1996-97 and 1997-98 (in $000,000) by Source of Reference
  • Table 2: Revenues from Home Care Clients, 1996-97 and 1997-98 (Provincial/Territorial Data)
  • Table 3: Public per Capita Expenditures by Sources of Reference (1996-97 and 1997-98)
  • Table 4: Home Care Utilization Data: Number of Clients Served by Source of Reference (1996-97 and 1997-98)
  • Table 5: Rate of Utilization - Number of Home Care Clients by 1000 Inhabitants by Source of Reference (1996-97 and 1997-98)
  • Table 6: Number and Percentage of Acute, Long-Term and Other Clients in the Provinces and Territories (1996-97)
  • Table 7: Number of Home Care Clients Served by Type of Service (1996-97) - Data Provided by Provinces/Territories
  • Table 8: Number of Self-Managed Care Clients (1996-97 and 1997-98). Data Provided by Provinces and Territories
• Appendix 8.0: Current Initiatives