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The Ontario Health Indicator Library provides a fully searchable library of indicator profiles reported by OH and other entities. The library will feature indicator characteristics, including: the indicator definition, the rationale as to why (or why not) an indicator is reported, technical specifications, alignment information, information about data sources, and links to those sources. In addition to a keyword search, you can perform side-by-side comparisons of up to three indicators, based on different filters, such as sector, dimension, type, topic, and data source. You can also export the indicator definitions to a format of your choice.

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Name	Description	Last update date	Tags
In-person patient follow-up with a family doctor after leaving hospital	This indicator measures the rate of in-person follow-up visits to a family doctor within 7 days of discharge, after hospitalization for pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, gastrointestinal disease, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart attack, or other cardiac conditions. It does not include virtual visits. Timely follow-up can help smooth a patient’s transition from hospital to home or community. A higher rate is better.	20/06/2024	Primary Care, Process, Access, Integration, Effective, Timely, Client Agency Program Data (CAPE), Corporate Provider Database (CPDB), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database	Add to compare
Complications Among People Living with Diabetes	This indicator measures the rate of serious chronic complications (death; hospitalization for coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, or peripheral vascular disease; dialysis for end-stage kidney disease) and death in the last year among people with diabetes aged 20 and older. A lower rate is better.	18/06/2024	Primary Care, Outcome, Chronic Disease, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Hand Hygiene compliance among health care providers measured by electronic monitoring system	This indicator measures the percentage of hand hygiene compliance by health care providers using electronic monitoring system.	09/05/2022	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Patient Safety and Never Events, Effective, Safe, Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI)	Add to compare
Rate of MHA-related outpatient physician visits	Number of outpatient physician visits (to psychiatrists, pediatrician or primary care provider) for MHA-related care per 100 population	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, Mental Health and Addiction, Patient-centred, Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Repeat emergency visits for MHA (within 30 days)	Proportion of unscheduled emergency department visits for care for MH conditions with a second unscheduled emergency department visit for MH or substance abuse within 30 days	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Process, Mental Health and Addiction, Patient-centred, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)	Add to compare