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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
Alternate Level of Care (ALC) rate	This indicator measures the total number of alternate level of care (ALC) days contributed by ALC patients within the specific reporting month/quarter using near-real time acute and post-acute ALC information and monthly bed census data. Alternate level of care (ALC) refers to those cases where a physician (or designated other) has indicated that a patient occupying an acute care hospital bed has finished the acute care phase of their treatment. A lower rate is better.	20/12/2019	Acute Care/Hospital, Process, Access, Integration, Efficient, Bed Census Summary (BCS), Wait Time Information System (WTIS)	Add to compare
Alternate level of care (ALC) days expressed as a percentage of all inpatient days in the same period	Percentage of inpatient days where a physician (or designated other) has indicated that a patient occupying an acute care hospital bed has finished the acute care phase of his/her treatment. This indicator can be stratified by characteristics such as age or discharge destination (see Comments section for details).	02/12/2021	Other, Process, Efficient, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	Add to compare
Adult premature mortality by material deprivation	This indicator measures the premature mortality rates of people aged 18 to 74 (deaths per 1,000 people), in Ontario, by material deprivation quintile. Premature mortality is defined as deaths before 75 years of age. The material deprivation quintiles are derived from the Ontario Marginalization Index (ON-MARG) and describe the likelihood that an individual is unable to afford or attain essential goods and services. A lower rate is better.	20/11/2018	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Effective, Ontario Marginalization Index (ON-Marg), Registered Persons Database (RPDB), Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases	Add to compare
Activities of Daily Living (ADL)	Average ADL long form score among longstay home care clients >65 years of age	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
ACSC admissions: total	Adjusted rate of hospital admissions for one or more of the following conditions: asthma, CHF, COPD and diabetes per 1,000 patients	11/04/2016	Acute Care/Hospital, Primary Care, Outcome, Access, Chronic Disease, Effective, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)	Add to compare