| Type of service | Stage of disease; no. (%) of home care visits | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All stages | Stage I | Stage II | Stage III | Stage IV | Not staged | |||||||
| Total no. of visits | 2 009 832 | (100.0) | 151 715 | (100.0) | 365 783 | (100.0) | 493 303 | (100.0) | 365 556 | (100.0) | 633 475 | (100.0) |
| Visiting nursing* | 1 206 498 | (60.0) | 80 197 | (52.9) | 214 305 | (58.6) | 337 363 | (68.4) | 262 272 | (71.7) | 312 361 | (49.3) |
| Shift nursing* | 9 558 | (0.5) | 926 | (0.6) | 1 096 | (0.3) | 1 464 | (0.3) | 2 383 | (0.7) | 3 689 | (0.6) |
| Homemaking/ personal support | 702 694 | (35.0) | 63 226 | (41.7) | 133 306 | (36.4) | 134 926 | (27.4) | 84 048 | (23.0) | 287 188 | (45.3) |
| Service by allied health professional† | 48 335 | (2.4) | 3 909 | (2.6) | 8 851 | (2.4) | 9 727 | (2.0) | 8 799 | (2.4) | 17 049 | (2.8) |
| Case management | 21 358 | (1.1) | 2 144 | (1.4) | 4 218 | (1.2) | 5 760 | (1.2) | 3 912 | (1.1) | 5 324 | (0.8) |
| Respite | 9 136 | (0.5) | 529 | (0.3) | 2 039 | (0.6) | 1 234 | (0.3) | 1 462 | (0.4) | 3 872 | (0.6) |
| Additional services‡ | 12 253 | (0.6) | 784 | (0.5) | 1 968 | (0.5) | 2 829 | (0.6) | 2 680 | (0.7) | 3 992 | (0.6) |
*Visiting nursing = nursing services for which an established (flat) rate per home care visit is charged; shift nursing = nursing services for which an hourly rate is charged. †Nutritionist/dietitian, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech language therapist. ‡Social work, psychology, placement services, laboratory services and enterostomal therapy.