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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
Pressure ulcers for complex continuing care patients (Retired)	Percent of patients (residents) receiving complex continuing care with a newly occurring stage 2 or higher pressure ulcer in the last three months.	05/03/2019	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Effective, Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS)	Add to compare
Prescription medication insurance coverage	This indicator reports the percentage of Ontarians aged 12 to 64 who report having prescription medication insurance.	01/11/2018	Primary Care, Balancing, Health expenditure, Equitable, Patient-centred, Canadian Community Heath Survey (CCHS)	Add to compare
Premature mortality due to all-causes per 100,000 people	This indicator measures the premature death rate per 100,000 people, which can be measured as total mortality (all causes of death combined) or by selected cause of death. Premature is defined in Canada as deaths before 75 years of age. A lower rate is better.	23/02/2021	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Effective, Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases	Add to compare
Potentially avoidable emergency department visits for long-term care residents	Number of ED visits for modified list of ambulatory care-sensitive conditions per 100 long-term care residents.	20/12/2019	Long Term Care, Process, Aging, Other, Efficient, Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)	Add to compare
Potential years of life lost prematurely due to all-causes per 100,000 people	This indicator measures the potential years of life lost prematurely, per 100,000 people. Premature is defined in Canada as deaths before 75 years of age. A lower rate is better.	23/02/2021	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Effective, Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases	Add to compare