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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
Same-day or next-day appointment with a Primary Care Provider	This indicator shows the percentage of people aged 16 or older who reported they saw their family doctor, or another primary care provider in their office, on the same or next day when they were sick and felt that they urgently needed care during the previous 12 months, in Ontario. People lacking timely access to their primary care provider may end up visiting a walk-in clinic or hospital emergency department instead, which can affect continuity of patient care and contribute to long waits in crowded emergency departments. A higher percentage is better. The results can be reported for 2-3 days; 4-7 days and 8 or more days.	21/10/2024	Primary Care, Process, Patient Reported Measures, Timely, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Requesting an appointment through website, portal, or app	This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 18 and older, with a regular place or doctor for their medical care, who have used a secure website, patient portal, or mobile app to request an appointment in the previous two years	13/10/2020	Other, Process, Access, Patient-centred, Timely, Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey	Add to compare
Rate of hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs)	This indicator measures the rate of hospitalization, per 100,000 people aged 0 to 74 years, for one of the following conditions that, if effectively managed or treated earlier, may not have resulted in admission to hospital: asthma, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, hypertension, angina and epilepsy. A lower rate is better.	20/11/2018	Primary Care, Outcome, Access, Chronic Disease, Integration, Efficient, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Primary care provider not informed about specialist care	The percentage of people 16 and older who reported in a survey that their primary care provider seemed informed and up-to-date about the care they received from their specialist, among those who had a regular primary care provider and who had seen a specialist in the previous 12 months	20/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Integration, Effective, Safe, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Primary care provider up-to-date on hospitalization	The percentage of people 16 and older who reported in a survey that their primary care provider seemed up-to-date about their hospitalization, among those who had a primary care provider and were admitted to hospital in the previous 12 months	23/02/2021	Other, Outcome, Integration, Effective, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare