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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
Unplanned ED visits in the last 30 days of life	This indicator measures the percentage of people who had at least one unplanned emergency department visit in their last 30 days of life among those who were not in hospital the entire month.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, End-of-life / Palliative, Effective, Timely, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Visits to walk in clinics	Percentage of people aged 16 and older who reported that they visited a walk-in clinic when sick in the past 12 months	20/11/2018	Primary Care, Process, Access, Effective, Patient-centred, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Client Involvement in their Home Care Plan	This is the percentage of publicly funded home care clients, of all ages, who strongly agreed, somewhat agreed, neither agreed nor disagreed, somewhat disagreed, or strongly disagreed that they felt involved in developing their home care plan.	20/11/2018	Home Care, Outcome, Patient Reported Measures, Patient-centred, Client and Caregiver Experience Evaluation (CCEE) Survey	Add to compare
Emergency department visits for conditions that could be treated in an alternative primary care setting (Retired)	This indicator describes the percentage of patients aged 1 to 74 who had an unscheduled emergency department visit that potentially could have been treated in an alternative primary care setting, such as a family doctor's office. A lower percentage is better.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Primary Care, Outcome, Integration, Efficient, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Family or Friend Continued Caregiver Distress	This indicator measures the percentage of long-stay home care clients, of all ages, whose primary informal caregiver experienced distress, anger or depression in relation to their caregiving role, as reported in at least two consecutive client assessments (six months apart). It includes only clients who had at least one unpaid informal caregiver and received home care for at least six months. A lower percentage is better.	20/11/2018	Home Care, Outcome, Health Human Resources, Patient-centred, Home Care Reporting System (HCRS)	Add to compare