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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
Health spending on drugs in dollars per person	This indicator measures health spending on drugs in dollars per person in a given period of time.	01/11/2018	Other, Process, Health expenditure, Effective, National Health Expenditure Database (NHEX), OECD Health Statistics	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
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
Life expectancy	This indicator measures the number of years a person would be expected to live, starting at birth (for life expectancy at birth if the age- and sex-specific mortality rates for a given observation period (such as a calendar year) were held constant over his/her life span. A higher result is better.	19/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Effective, Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases	Add to compare
Opioid-related emergency department visits	This indicator measures the rate of emergency department (ED) visits for opioid poisonings, per 100,000 people. It includes unscheduled ED visits for opioid poisoning. A lower rate is better.	19/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Effective, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Population estimates, MOHLTC, Intellihealth Ontario, Population projections	Add to compare