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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
Percentage of screen-eligible patients up-to-date with colorectal screening	Percentage of screen eligible patients aged 52 to 74 years who had a FOBT/FIT within the past two years, other investigations (i.e., flexible sigmoidoscopy) or colonoscopy within the past 10 years.	02/12/2021	Other, Process, Prevention / Screening, Effective, CIHI (Canadian Institute of Health Information), Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB), Same-day Surgery Database (SDS)	Add to compare
Rates of Emergency Department Visits As First Point of Contact for Mental Health And Addictions–Related Care	This indicator measures number of individuals for whom the emergency department was the first point of contact for mental health and addictions care per 100 population aged 0 to 105 years with an incident MHA-related ED visit.	02/12/2021	Other, Process, Mental Health and Addiction, Timely, CHC (Community Health Centre), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), PCCF (Statistics Canada’s Postal Code Conversion File), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)	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
Hospitalizations entirely caused by alcohol	This indicator measures the rate of hospitalizations with conditions that are wholly (100%) attributable to alcohol per 100,000 population age 10 and older.	20/04/2021	Other, Outcome, Patient-centred, Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS)	Add to compare
Potential years of life lost prematurely due to all-causes per 100,000 people	This indicator measures the potential years of life lost prematurely, per 100,000 people. Premature is defined in Canada as deaths before 75 years of age. A lower rate is better.	23/02/2021	Other, Outcome, Population Health, Effective, Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases	Add to compare