Adverse events among Ontario home care clients associated with emergency room visit or hospitalization: a retrospective cohort study

Table 2 Incidence rates of adverse events identified in NACRS/ DAD/ OMHRS for subgroups of Ontario home care clients in 2008 and 2009

Adverse events in at risk sub-groups	% (n/ N*)	clients per 1,000 client-days
Adverse events in at risk sub-groups	2008, 2009	2008, 2009
Surgical wound infection
(Surgical wound infection present on any ED visit or hospital admission within 30 days of a hospital discharge with open surgery but without infection recorded)	2.62 (1,286/49,086)	0.887
	2.81 (1,374/48,831)	0.954
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
(Pneumonia present on any ED visit or hospital admission within 30 days of RAI-HC assessment among clients who had ventilator documented but didn’t have pneumonia recorded at the time of assessment)	1.68 (9/537)	0.562
	2.72 (15/552)	0.921
Newly-detected catheter-associated UTI
(UTI present on any ED visit or hospital admission within 30 days of RAI-HC assessment among clients who had indwelling urinary catheter documented but didn’t have UTI recorded at the time of assessment)	8.22 (261/3,174)	2.866
	8.11 (243/2,997)	2.819
Peripheral IV infection
(Bacteremia or localized skin infection present on any ED visit or hospital admission within 60 days of RAI-HC assessment among clients who had peripheral IV infusion documented at the time of assessment)	3.17 (45/1,421)	0.547
	2.76 (41/1,483)	0.475
Central line IV infection
(Bacteremia or localized skin infection present on any ED visit or hospital admission within 60 days of RAI-HC assessment among clients who had central IV infusion documented at the time of assessment)	2.79 (59/2,118)	0.476
	3.95 (93/2,352)	0.679

* n = Number of home care clients with adverse event, i.e., the numerator of the incidence rate.
** N = Number of home care clients at risk of adverse event, i.e. the denominator of the incidence rate.

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