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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
Total number of patients waited for first assessment in emergency department	This indicator measures the total number of patients who waited to see a doctor, nurse-practitioner or dentist in the emergency department.	18/12/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Wait Times, Timely, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)	Add to compare
Percentage of complex home care patients whose wait time for their first personal support visit was within five days from the date they were authorized for personal support services by the LHIN	This indicator measures the percentage of complex home care patients aged 19 and older who waited five days or less for personal support services. The wait time is described as the number of days between the service authorization date and the date of receipt of Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) in-home personal support. A higher percentage is better.	17/11/2017	Home Care, Process, Wait Times, Timely, Client Health and Related Information System (CHRIS), Home Care Database (HCD)	Add to compare
Diabetes eye exams	This indicator measure the percentage of Ontarians with diabetes aged 20 and older who had an eye exam within a 2- year period. A higher percentage is better.	16/10/2017	Primary Care, Process, Chronic Disease, Prevention / Screening, Effective, Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database	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
Average time patients waited for the first appointment with surgeon after the referral is received by the surgeon’s office or CIAC	Average Time (Days) Wait 1: This time represents the average wait time, in days, from when the surgeon or central intake centre receives the referral to the patient having the first appointment with the surgeon. The average time Wait 1 represents the typical time patients could expect to wait for the first appointment with the surgeon. The average wait time is reported by the priority level with the most patients. Patients are assigned a priority level for their appointment by the physician based on clinical evidence. In this case, the lower the number of days, the better.	09/08/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Access, Wait Times, Timely, Wait Time Information System (WTIS)	Add to compare