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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
Follow-up after hospitalization for a mental health or addiction condition	This indicator measures the percentage of psychiatric discharges that had a follow-up visit to either a primary care physician or psychiatrist, within 7 days of discharge. A higher rate is better.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Long Term Care, Primary Care, Process, Access, Mental Health and Addiction, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Follow-up with a doctor within 7 days of discharge following hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	Percentage of follow-up visits with a doctor within 7 days of discharge after hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among patients aged 40 and older. A higher percentage is better.	20/11/2018	Primary Care, Process, Access, Chronic Disease, Integration, Effective, Timely, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Physician Database (IPDB), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Follow-up with a doctor within 7 days of discharge following hospitalization for congestive heart failure (CHF)	Percentage of follow-up visits with a doctor within 7 days of discharge after hospitalization for congestive heart failure (CHF) among patients aged 40 and older. A higher percentage is better.	20/11/2018	Primary Care, Process, Access, Chronic Disease, Integration, Effective, Timely, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Physician Database (IPDB), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Foreign Body Left In	This indicators reports on the rate of foreign bodies (such as sponges and instruments) that were left behind in patients after surgery per 100,000 discharges	23/06/2020	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)	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