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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
Patient follow-up with a primary care doctor after leaving hospital for selected conditions	This indicator measures the percentage of patients who have follow-up visits with a primary care doctor within seven days of discharge after hospitalization for any of the following conditions: pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, gastrointestinal disease, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart attack and other cardiac conditions (selected HBAM Inpatient Grouper (HIG) conditions).	20/12/2019	Primary Care, Process, Access, Integration, Effective, Timely, Client Agency Program Data (CAPE), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database	Add to compare
Patient involvement in decisions about care	Percentage of patients and clients who were always or often involved in the care decisions when they saw their doctor or nurse practitioner.	20/01/2020	Primary Care, Outcome, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, Local data collection	Add to compare
Patient involvement in decisions about their care and treatment	This indicator measures the percentage of people in Ontario aged 16 and older who reported that their primary care provider (i.e.a family doctor, a general practitioner or GP, or nurse practitioner) always or often involves them as much as they want in decisions about their care and treatment. A higher percentage is better.	20/12/2019	Primary Care, Process, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Patients' experiences primary care providers spending enough time with patients (Retired)	Organizations are expected to measure progress on this indicator using the exact wording of the following patient or client survey questions: Enough time: When you see your doctor or nurse practitioner, how often do they or someone else in the office spend enough time with you?	27/10/2016	Primary Care, Outcome, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, In-house data collection	Add to compare
Patients’ experiences: opportunity to ask questions (Retired)	Organizations are expected to measure progress on this indicator using the exact wording of the following patient/client survey question: Ask questions: When you see your doctor or nurse practitioner, how often do they or someone else in the office give you an opportunity to ask questions about recommended treatment?	27/10/2016	Primary Care, Outcome, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, In-house data collection	Add to compare