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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 response to phone call	This indicator measures the percentage of people in Ontario aged 16 and older who reported who were always or often able to reach their primary care provider (a family doctor, a general practitioner or GP, or nurse practitioner), or someone in their primary care provider’s office, or get a call back the same day when they call to their primary care provider’s office with a medical question or concern during the regular hours . A higher percentage is better.	20/12/2019	Primary Care, Process, Access, Wait Times, Timely, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
7-day post-hospital discharge follow-up (any condition, any provider)	Percentage of those hospital discharges (any condition) where timely (within 48 hours) notification was received, for which follow-up was done (by any mode, any clinician) within 7 days of discharge.	20/12/2019	Primary Care, Process, Access, Efficient, Local data collection	Add to compare
7-day post-hospital discharge follow-up for selected conditions – CHCs	Percentage of patients who have had a 7-day post-hospital discharge follow-up by a primary care provider (physician or nurse practitioner) for the following conditions: pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, gastrointestinal disease, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiac conditions.	20/12/2019	Primary Care, Process, Other, Efficient, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Documented assessment of palliative care needs among residents with progressive, life-limiting illness who were identified to benefit from palliative care	This indicator measures the proportion of long-term care home residents with a progressive, life-threatening illness who have had their palliative care needs identified early through a comprehensive and holistic assessment.	20/12/2019	Long Term Care, Outcome, Wait Times, Effective, Local data collection	Add to compare
Potentially avoidable emergency department visits for long-term care residents	Number of ED visits for modified list of ambulatory care-sensitive conditions per 100 long-term care residents.	20/12/2019	Long Term Care, Process, Aging, Other, Efficient, Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)	Add to compare