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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
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
Percentage of people aged 18 and older who report skipping dental care or dental checkups because of the cost during the past 12 months.	This indicator measures the percentage of people 18 and older who report a time during the past 12 months when they skipped dental care or dental checkups because of the cost. A lower percentage is better.	20/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Access, Effective, Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey	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
Percentage of people aged 12 and older who were heavy drinkers	This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 12 and older who were heavy drinkers. A lower percentage is better.	20/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Patient-centred, Canadian Community Heath Survey (CCHS)	Add to compare
Percentage of people aged 12 and older who rated their general health as excellent/very good, good, or fair/poor.	Percentage of the population aged 12 and older who rated their general health as excellent/very good, good, and fair/poor.	20/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Patient-centred, Canadian Community Heath Survey (CCHS)	Add to compare