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Name	Description	Last update date	Tags
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
Percentage of home care patients whose wait time for their first nursing visit was within five days from the date they were authorized for nursing services by the LHIN	This indicator measures the percentage of home care patients authorized for nursing services who received their first nursing visit within five days. The wait time is described as the number of days between service authorization date and the date of formal in-home nursing. 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
Readmission within 30 days for selected Health-Based Allocation Model (HBAM) inpatient grouper (HIG) - Retired	Percentage of acute hospital inpatients discharged with selected HBAM Inpatient Grouper (HIG) who are readmitted to any acute inpatient hospital for non-elective patient care within 30 days of the discharge for index admission.	22/11/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Readmission, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)	Add to compare
Percent of surgical patients who developed pneumonia postoperatively within 30 days after the principal operative procedure.	This indicator measures the percentage of surgical patients who developed pneumonia post-operatively within 30 days after the principal operative procedure. A lesser percentage is better.	30/11/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, ACS NSQIP	Add to compare
Percentage of surgical patients who developed a symptomatic urinary tract infection postoperatively 30 days after the principal operative procedure.	This indicator measures the percentage of surgical patients who developed a symptomatic urinary tract infection postoperatively 30 days after the principal operative procedure. A lesser percentage is better.	30/11/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, ACS NSQIP	Add to compare