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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
Days spent at home in the last 6 months (180 days) of life	Average days at home (180 minus total days in hospital, emergency department, inpatient rehab and complex continuing care) in the last 6 months of life	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, End-of-life / Palliative, Patient-centred, Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Continuous Use: Percentage of residents aged 66 and older with a prescription for an antipsychotic medication for at least 90 continuous days (retired)	This indicator provides information on your residents aged 66 and older who have a prescription for an antipsychotic medication for a period of 90 continuous days measured from the last date of contact in the reporting quarter.	27/03/2017	Long Term Care, Outcome, Drugs/Drug Administration, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Continuity of care to the same primary care doctor	This indicator measures the percentage of people with more than 3 primary care physician visits in the past 2 years who had: • less than 50% of their primary care visits to the same primary care physician (low continuity) • 50% - 74% of their primary care visits to the same primary care physician (medium continuity) • More than 75% of their primary care visits to the same primary care physician (high continuity)	20/11/2018	Primary Care, Process, Access, Effective, Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Complications Among People Living with Diabetes	This indicator measures the rate of serious chronic complications (death; hospitalization for coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, or peripheral vascular disease; dialysis for end-stage kidney disease) and death in the last year among people with diabetes aged 20 and older. A lower rate is better.	18/06/2024	Primary Care, Outcome, Chronic Disease, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Cognitive impairment (contextual indicator)	Proportion of long-stay home care clients >65 years of age that had a cognitive performance scale value equal to 3 or more	10/03/2022	Ontario Health Team, Outcome, Aging, Patient-centred, InterRAI Quality of Life Survey, OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare