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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
Percentage of patients with diabetes up-to-date with an ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription	Percentage of diabetic patients aged 65 years and older who have been prescribed an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) within the past 12 months	12/04/2016	Primary Care, Process, Chronic Disease, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Percentage of patients with diabetes up-to-date with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) tests	Percentage of diabetic patients aged 40 years and older who have had two or more glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) tests within the past 12 months	12/04/2016	Primary Care, Process, Chronic Disease, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Percentage of patients with diabetes up-to-date with low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol tests (retired)	Percentage of diabetic patients aged 40 years and older who have had at least one low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol test within the past 12 months	13/10/2017	Primary Care, Process, Chronic Disease, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Percentage of patients/clients identified as meeting Health Link criteria (Retired)	This indicator measures the percentage of patients/clients identified with multiple conditions and complex needs (Health Link criteria) who are offered access to Health Links approach. The complex patient target population should: • Overlap substantially with high cost users, recognizing that not all high cost users are high needs patients (and vice versa); • Include patients with high needs and/or complex conditions; and, • Include patients with four or more chronic/high cost conditions, including a focus on individuals living with mental health and addictions, palliative patients, and the frail elderly. However, recognizing nuances exist across communities, LHINs and Health Links are encouraged to adapt the patient identification criteria to their local context and population needs.	04/03/2019	Acute Care/Hospital, Home Care, Primary Care, Process, Coordinated Care Plans, Effective, Local data collection	Add to compare
Percentage of people aged 12 and older who rated their general health as excellent/very good, good, or fair/poor.	Percentage of the population aged 12 and older who rated their general health as excellent/very good, good, and fair/poor.	20/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Patient-centred, Canadian Community Heath Survey (CCHS)	Add to compare