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| Database |
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| Ontario RAI-HC data base, University of Waterloo, Canada | RAI-database STAKES, Finland | AdHOC study, Universita Cattolica de Sacro Cuore, Italy |
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| Countries included | Canada | Finland | Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom |
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| Specific locations within countries | Ontario | Five home care agencies serving urban area in different parts of Finland | One or several home care agencies serving a urban area, in each of the countries |
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| Criteria for selecting the homecare agencies | All in the province | Volunteer agencies | Volunteer agencies |
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| Inclusion criteria for the homecare clients | Every client assessed once over a given time frame | Every client assessed once over a given time frame | Random sample assessed once over a given time frame |
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| Refusal rates | None | None | 0–57% |
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| Purpose for collecting data | Care planning, quality monitoring, and administrative decision making for homecare | On-going national initiative to improve statistics and quality of care within the elderly care services | Research study with a coaim to construct a European data base for home care |
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| Collection of data | January 2004–December 2004 | July 2004–December 2004 | August 2001–December 2002 |
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| Number extracted for the current analysis | 101.618 | 1.103 | 3.793 |
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| Education of the data collectors | Standardised programs, 8 hours | Standardised national programs, 8 hours | Standardised programs, 8 hours |
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| Funding | Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care | Local authorities and STAKES | European Union (5th framework) |
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