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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
Rate of hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs)	This indicator measures the rate of hospitalization, per 100,000 people aged 0 to 74 years, for one of the following conditions that, if effectively managed or treated earlier, may not have resulted in admission to hospital: asthma, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, hypertension, angina and epilepsy. A lower rate is better.	20/11/2018	Primary Care, Outcome, Access, Chronic Disease, Integration, Efficient, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Time to specialist appointment	The percentages of people 16 and older who reported in a survey that they saw a specialist in: less than 30 days, 30 to 89 days, or 90 or more days, after referral by a primary care provider.	20/11/2018	Other, Process, Integration, Wait Times, Timely, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Test results not available	The percentage of people 16 and older who reported in a survey that test results were not available at the time of a scheduled appointment with their primary care provider with-in the previous 12 months, among those who had a regular primary care provider and who had a test within the previous 12 months	20/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Integration, Effective, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Visits to walk in clinics	Percentage of people aged 16 and older who reported that they visited a walk-in clinic when sick in the past 12 months	20/11/2018	Primary Care, Process, Access, Effective, Patient-centred, Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)	Add to compare
Unplanned ED visits in the last 30 days of life	This indicator measures the percentage of people who had at least one unplanned emergency department visit in their last 30 days of life among those who were not in hospital the entire month.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, End-of-life / Palliative, Effective, Timely, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare