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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
Average time patients spent (wait and treatment) in emergency department	This indicator measures the average time (hours) that patients can expect to spend in the emergency department (ED) waiting for and receiving treatment. The ED length of stay (LOS) is calculated as the average time interval between the earlier of triage date/time or registration date/time and the date/time when a patient is admitted to the hospital or discharged from the ED (non-admitted patients). A lower number is better. Provincial targets have been set for the maximum amount of time patients should spend in the ED, waiting and being treated, before being discharged or admitted to the hospital, based on clinical evidence.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Wait Times, Timely, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)	Add to compare
Average number of inpatients receiving care in unconventional spaces or ER stretchers per day	This indicator measures the average number of inpatients receiving care in unconventional spaces or ER stretchers per day within a given time period.	26/02/2019	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Wait Times, Efficient, Bed Census Summary (BCS)	Add to compare
Average (mean) number of days people spent at home in the last 6 months	This indicator measures average (mean) number of days people spent at home in the last 6 months before death. A higher number of days is better	16/10/2017	Other, Outcome, End-of-life / Palliative, Patient-centred, Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS)	Add to compare
Antipsychotics: Percentage of residents aged 66 and older diagnosed with dementia, without psychosis, who were prescribed an antipsychotic medication	This indicator measures the percentage of Long-Term Care residents diagnosed with dementia but not diagnosed with psychosis, who had at least one antipsychotic medication dispensed in the reporting period.	13/04/2017	Long Term Care, Outcome, Other, Effective, Patient-centred, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Physician Database (IPDB), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Antipsychotics New Starts: Percentage of residents aged 66 and older diagnosed with dementia, without psychosis, who were newly prescribed an antipsychotic medication	This indicator measures the percentage of Long-Term Care residents diagnosed with dementia but not diagnosed with psychosis, who had at least one antipsychotic medication dispensed in the reporting period and did not have an antipsychotic medication dispensed in the preceding 12 months.	10/11/2017	Long Term Care, Outcome, Other, Effective, Patient-centred, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Physician Database (IPDB), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare