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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
Diabetes complications	This indicator measures the rate of serious chronic complications (including hospitalizations for coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease (amputation), as well as end stage renal disease) and death in the last year among people with diabetes aged 20 and older.	20/12/2019	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
Having a primary care provider	This indicator measures the percentage of people in Ontario aged 16 and older who reported having a family doctor, a general practitioner or GP, or nurse practitioner that they see for regular check-ups, when they get sick and so on. A higher percentage is better.	20/12/2019	Primary Care, Outcome, Access, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, Timely, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Medication review	This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 16 and older who reported that they reviewed or discussed the prescription medication(s) they are using with their primary care provider (i.e. a family doctor, a general practitioner or a nurse practitioner).	20/12/2019	Primary Care, Process, Patient Safety and Never Events, Patient-centred, Safe, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Overdue for Colorectal Cancer Screening	This indicator measures the percentage of Ontario screen-eligible individuals, 50-74 years old, who were overdue for colorectal screening in each calendar year. Overdue is defined as not having any of the following: - Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) in the last 2 years - Colonoscopy in the last 10 years - Flexible sigmoidoscopy in the last 10 years A lower percentage is better.	20/12/2019	Primary Care, Outcome, Population Health, Prevention / Screening, Effective, Timely, Colonoscopy Interim Reporting Tool (CIRT), Laboratory Reporting Tool (LRT), Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, PCCF+ version 5k6A, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
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