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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
First contact in the emergency department for MHA	Proportion of incident unscheduled emergency department visits for MHA-care where the patient had no prior MHA-related contact (hospitalization, emergency department or physician visit)	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, Mental Health and Addiction, Timely, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Frequent (4+) emergency department visits for help with MHA	Proportion of individuals with an unscheduled emergency department visit that had 4 or more emergency department visits within a 365-day period	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, Mental Health and Addiction, Patient-centred, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Minimum Dataset Health Status Index (MDSHSI, contextual indicator)	Average MDSHSI (a generic, preferencebased measure of health-related quality of life) among long-stay home care clients >65 years of age	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, Aging, Patient-centred, InterRAI Quality of Life Survey, OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Days spent at home, among those identified as frail	Average days at home (days in reporting period minus total days in hospital, emergency department, inpatient rehab and complex continuing care) among persons >65 years of age identified as being frail	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, Aging, Patient-centred, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS), OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Deaths in hospital	The proportion of decedents that died in a hospital setting (defined as acute or psychiatric care institution, emergency department, inpatient rehab or complex continuing care	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, End-of-life / Palliative, Patient-centred, Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare