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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
In-person patient follow-up with a family doctor after leaving hospital	This indicator measures the rate of in-person follow-up visits to a family doctor within 7 days of discharge, after hospitalization for pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, gastrointestinal disease, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart attack, or other cardiac conditions. It does not include virtual visits. Timely follow-up can help smooth a patient’s transition from hospital to home or community. A higher rate is better.	20/06/2024	Primary Care, Process, Access, Integration, Effective, Timely, Client Agency Program Data (CAPE), Corporate Provider Database (CPDB), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database	Add to compare
Infant Mortality, per 1000 live births (Retired)	This indicator measures the number of infants who die in the first year of life, expressed as a rate per 1,000 live births. A lower rate is better.	17/04/2018	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Effective, Canadian Birth Database (CBDB), Canadian Mortality Database (CMDB), Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases	Add to compare
ICU Antimicrobial Utilization - Antimicrobial-free Days (AFD) (Retired)	This indicator measures the number of antimicrobial-free days (both antibacterial and antifungal) in ICU for the reporting period. Antimicrobial-free days: Number of patient-days when both antifungal and antibacterial therapies were not administered (for the selected reporting period and entity)	05/03/2019	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Other, Safe, Critical Care Information System (CCIS)	Add to compare
Hospitalizations entirely caused by alcohol	This indicator measures the rate of hospitalizations with conditions that are wholly (100%) attributable to alcohol per 100,000 population age 10 and older.	20/04/2021	Other, Outcome, Patient-centred, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS)	Add to compare
Hospital-acquired C.difficile infection (CDI)	The indicator measures the incidence rate of hospital acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) per 1,000 inpatient days.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI)	Add to compare