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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
Rate of obstetric trauma per 100 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries	This indicator measures the rate of obstetric trauma (lacerations that are third degree or greater in severity) for instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries in a reporting period.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Effective, Safe, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)	Add to compare
Rate of total hospital emergency department (ED) visits per 1,000 patients	Adjusted and unadjusted rate of ED visits measured as level 1-5 on the Canadian Triage Acuity Scale (CTAS) per 1,000 patients	12/04/2016	Acute Care/Hospital, Primary Care, Outcome, Access, Effective, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)	Add to compare
Rate of urgent hospital emergency department (ED) visits per 1,000 patients	Adjusted and unadjusted rate of urgent ED visits measured as level 1-3 on CTAS per 1,000 patients	12/04/2016	Acute Care/Hospital, Primary Care, Outcome, Access, Effective, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)	Add to compare
Rates of Emergency Department Visits As First Point of Contact for Mental Health And Addictions–Related Care	This indicator measures number of individuals for whom the emergency department was the first point of contact for mental health and addictions care per 100 population aged 0 to 105 years with an incident MHA-related ED visit.	02/12/2021	Other, Process, Mental Health and Addiction, Timely, CHC (Community Health Centre), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), PCCF (Statistics Canada’s Postal Code Conversion File), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Rates of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention (Hip and Knee Replacement) (Retired)	This indicator measures the percentage of total primary hip/knee replacement surgical patients with antibiotic administration that starts an appropriate time prior to skin incision and is fully infused before the surgery begins. A higher rate is associated with better performance.	01/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI)	Add to compare