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Name	Description	Last update date	Tags
Follow-up after hospitalization for a mental health or addiction condition	This indicator measures the percentage of psychiatric discharges that had a follow-up visit to either a primary care physician or psychiatrist, within 7 days of discharge. A higher rate is better.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Long Term Care, Primary Care, Process, Access, Mental Health and Addiction, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
First contact in the emergency department for MHA	Proportion of incident unscheduled emergency department visits for MHA-care where the patient had no prior MHA-related contact (hospitalization, emergency department or physician visit)	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, Mental Health and Addiction, Timely, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), 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
Falls in long stay home care patients (retired)	This indicator measures the percentage of long-stay home care patients who say they have fallen in the last 90 days. A lower percentage is better.	15/02/2019	Home Care, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Home Care Reporting System (HCRS)	Add to compare
Falls for long stay clients QIP (Retired)	Percentage of adult long-stay home care clients who record a fall on their follow-up RAI-HC assessment	05/03/2019	Home Care, Outcome, Patient Safety and Never Events, Safe, Home Care Database (HCD), Resident Assessment Instrument-HomeCare (RAI-HC) via (LSAS)	Add to compare