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Name	Description	Last update date	Tags
Average time patients waited before they underwent a cardiac surgery or procedure	This indicator measures the average time patients waited for a cardiac surgery or procedure. Wait times were calculated from the day the patient and doctor decided to go ahead with the surgery or procedure, to the day the surgery or procedure was performed. A lower value is better. The wait time is reported for each priority level. Patients are assigned a priority level for surgery or procedure based on their clinical assessment. The indicator is reported based on the institution where the surgery or procedure took place. There are three cardiac surgeries or procedures reported Online: 1.A diagnostic cardiac catheterization (CATH), or angiography, is a catheter based diagnostic test that involves selectively injecting x-ray contrast dye into one or more coronary arteries in order to visualize blockages in the arteries and vessels that supply blood to the heart. 2.A percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or angioplasty, is a procedure that involves using a catheter to insert a stent that opens blocked blood vessels in the coronary arteries. 3.Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a surgical procedure performed on patients with coronary artery disease to bypass areas of blockage. Blood vessels, most commonly from the legs or chest wall, are grafted onto the heart to allow blood to flow past diseased heart vessels	09/08/2017	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Wait Times, Timely, CorHealth Ontario	Add to compare
Average time patients spent (wait and treatment) in emergency department	This indicator measures the average time (hours) that patients can expect to spend in the emergency department (ED) waiting for and receiving treatment. The ED length of stay (LOS) is calculated as the average time interval between the earlier of triage date/time or registration date/time and the date/time when a patient is admitted to the hospital or discharged from the ED (non-admitted patients). A lower number is better. Provincial targets have been set for the maximum amount of time patients should spend in the ED, waiting and being treated, before being discharged or admitted to the hospital, based on clinical evidence.	20/11/2018	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Wait Times, Timely, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)	Add to compare
Average number of inpatients receiving care in unconventional spaces or ER stretchers per day	This indicator measures the average number of inpatients receiving care in unconventional spaces or ER stretchers per day within a given time period.	26/02/2019	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Wait Times, Efficient, Bed Census Summary (BCS)	Add to compare
Average (mean) number of days people spent at home in the last 6 months	This indicator measures average (mean) number of days people spent at home in the last 6 months before death. A higher number of days is better	16/10/2017	Other, Outcome, End-of-life / Palliative, Patient-centred, Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS)	Add to compare
Antipsychotics: Percentage of residents aged 66 and older diagnosed with dementia, without psychosis, who were prescribed an antipsychotic medication	This indicator measures the percentage of Long-Term Care residents diagnosed with dementia but not diagnosed with psychosis, who had at least one antipsychotic medication dispensed in the reporting period.	13/04/2017	Long Term Care, Outcome, Other, Effective, Patient-centred, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Physician Database (IPDB), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare