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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
Complications Among People Living with Diabetes	This indicator measures the rate of serious chronic complications (death; hospitalization for coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, or peripheral vascular disease; dialysis for end-stage kidney disease) and death in the last year among people with diabetes aged 20 and older. A lower rate is better.	18/06/2024	Primary Care, Outcome, Chronic Disease, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Continuity of care to the same primary care doctor	This indicator measures the percentage of people with more than 3 primary care physician visits in the past 2 years who had: • less than 50% of their primary care visits to the same primary care physician (low continuity) • 50% - 74% of their primary care visits to the same primary care physician (medium continuity) • More than 75% of their primary care visits to the same primary care physician (high continuity)	20/11/2018	Primary Care, Process, Access, Effective, Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Deaths by Suicide	This indicator measures the Rate of deaths by suicide per 100,000 people	18/02/2021	Other, Outcome, Mental Health and Addiction, Population Health, Effective, Registered Persons Database (RPDB), Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases	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
Education and self-management for wounds (Retired)	This indicator measures the percentage of people with diabetes and their families or caregivers who are offered education about how to prevent foot complications, how to monitor for the signs and symptoms of foot complications, and who to contact in the event of a concerning change	04/03/2019	Home Care, Process, Other, Effective, Local data collection	Add to compare