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Name	Description	Last update date	Tags
Emergency Department Visits by Home Care Patients within 30 Days of Leaving Hospital	This indicator shows the percentage of new patients receiving publicly funded home care who had an unplanned emergency department visit within 30 days of leaving hospital, among those referred to home care from hospital or within 7 days of discharge. Timely follow-up after hospital discharge can help prevent the return of home care patients to the emergency department. A lower percentage is better.	16/04/2024	Home Care, Outcome, Integration, Efficient, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Home Care Database (HCD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Emergency Department Visits by Home Care Patients in the Last 30 Days of Life	This indicator shows the percentage of patients receiving publicly funded home care who had an unplanned visit to the emergency department in the last 30 days of life. Such visits can be an extremely difficult experience for patients and could indicate they did not receive the care they needed in the community. A lower percentage is better.	16/04/2024	Home Care, Outcome, End-of-life / Palliative, Effective, Home Care Database (HCD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Emergency Department as a First Contact for a Mental Health and Addictions Condition (for adults)	This indicator measures the percentage of people who did not receive mental health care from a family doctor or psychiatrist over the preceding two years, among people aged 16 and older who visited the emergency department for a mental illness or addiction.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Community Support Services, Primary Care, 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
Emergency Department as a First Contact for a Mental Health and Addictions (for children and youth)	This indicator measures the percentage of children and youth who did not receive mental health care from a family doctor, paediatrician or psychiatrist over the preceding two years, among children and youth aged 0 to 24 years who visited the emergency department for a mental illness or addiction.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Community Support Services, Primary Care, 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
Emailing provider with a medical question or concern	This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 18 and older, with a regular place or doctor for their medical care, who have used a secure website, patient portal, or mobile app to communicate or email their regular provider about a medical question or concern in the previous two years	13/10/2020	Other, Process, Patient-centred, Timely, Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey	Add to compare