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Reporting Levels
Indicator | HSP Framework | Areas of Need | Equity | National | Prov./ Terr. | Region | Facility |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30-Day Acute Myocardial Infarction In-Hospital Mortality |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
30-Day Acute Myocardial Infarction Readmission |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
30-Day All-Cause Readmission Rate After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
30-Day All-Cause Readmission Rate After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
30-Day In-Hospital Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) and Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
30-Day In-Hospital Mortality After Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
30-Day In-Hospital Mortality After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
30-Day In-Hospital Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
30-Day Readmission for Mental Illness |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
30-Day Readmission for Mental Illness, Age 15+ (General Hospital Only) |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
30-Day Readmission for Mood Disorders |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
30-Day Stroke In-Hospital Mortality |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Age-Adjusted Public Spending per Person |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | No | Yes | No | No |
All Patients Readmitted to Hospital |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Assisted Delivery Rate (Overall) Among Vaginal Deliveries |
2.4
Adjustment to population health needs
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Asthma Emergency Department Visits: Volume and Median Length of Stay |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | No | No | No |
Average Gross Clinical Payment per Physician |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Average Number of Drug Classes Used by Seniors on Public Drug Programs |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Avoidable Deaths |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Avoidable Deaths From Preventable Causes |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Avoidable Deaths From Treatable Causes |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Caesarean Section Rate |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Cardiac Revascularization Rate |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Children Vulnerable in Areas of Early Development |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Rate |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Corporate Services Expense Ratio |
2.3
Efficient allocation of resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay |
3.5
Efficiently delivered
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Days Waiting for Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Emergency Department Wait Time for Inpatient Bed (Hours, Percentile) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Emergency Department Wait Time for Physician Initial Assessment (90% Spent Less, in Hours) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Epidural Rate for Vaginal Deliveries |
2.4
Adjustment to population health needs
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Experiencing Pain in Long-Term Care |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Experiencing Worsened Pain in Long-Term Care |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Falls in the Last 30 Days in Long-Term Care |
3.3
Safe
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Final Treatment Modality for End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) Patients on December 31 |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Frequent Emergency Room Visits for Help With Mental Health and/or Addictions |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Has a Regular Health Care Provider |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Health Care Provider Supply by Employment Status and Type of Provider, per 100,000 Population |
2.3
Efficient allocation of resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Health Care Providers Employed in Direct Care by Type of Provider, Health Region and Jurisdiction |
2.3
Efficient allocation of resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Health Care Providers Employed in Direct Care per 100,000 Population, by Health Region and Jurisdiction |
2.3
Efficient allocation of resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Health Care Providers Employed in Direct Care per 100,000 Population, by Type of Provider and Jurisdiction |
2.3
Efficient allocation of resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Health Care Providers Employed in Direct Care, by Age Group |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Health Care Providers Employed in Direct Care, by Place of Work and Type of Provider |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Health Care Providers Employed in Direct Care, by Top 10 Countries of Graduation and Type of Provider |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Heavy Drinking |
1.2
Biological material, psychosocial and behavioural factors of health
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
High Users of Hospital Beds |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Hip Fracture Surgery Within 48 Hours |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hip Replacement Rate |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Hospital Deaths (HSMR) |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hospital Deaths Following Major Surgery |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hospital Harm |
3.3
Safe
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hospital Stay Extended Until Home Care Services or Supports Ready |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Hospital Stays for Harm Caused by Substance Use |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Hospitalizations Entirely Caused by Alcohol |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
A
Staying healthy
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Hospitalized Heart Attacks |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Hospitalized Hip Fracture Event |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
A
Staying healthy
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Hospitalized Strokes |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Hysterectomy Rate |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Improved Physical Functioning in Long-Term Care |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
In-Hospital Sepsis |
3.3
Safe
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Incidence of End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), by Age Group, Sex, Province, Rate per Million Population |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Incidence of End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), by Primary Diagnosis |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Inflow/Outflow Ratio |
3.2
Person-centred
|
B
Getting better
|
No | No | No | Yes | No |
Injury Hospitalization |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Inpatient Rehabilitation Length of Stay Efficiency |
3.5
Efficiently delivered
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Joint Replacement Wait Times |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Knee Replacement Rate |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Life Expectancy at Age 65 |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Life Expectancy at Birth |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Low Birth Weight Rate (<2,500 Grams, Excluding <500 Grams) |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Low-Risk Caesarean Sections |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Medical Patients Readmitted to Hospital |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mental Health General Hospital Inpatient Separations as a Percentage (Pan-Canadian) of All General Hospital Inpatient Separations, by Province, Diagnosis Category, Sex and/or Age Group |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Mental Illness Hospitalization |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Mental Illness Patient Days |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Obesity (Age 18 and Older) |
1.2
Biological material, psychosocial and behavioural factors of health
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Obstetric Patients Readmitted to Hospital |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Obstetric Trauma (With Instrument) |
3.3
Safe
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Obstetric Trauma: Vaginal Delivery Without Instrument |
3.3
Safe
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Organ Donors, by Donor Type, Sex and Province |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Pan-Canadian Age-Standardized (or Crude) Mental Illness Separations per 100,000 Population, by Province and/or Region |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Pan-Canadian Percentage of Total Days Stayed in General Hospitals for Mental Illness, by Province, Diagnosis Category, Sex and/or Age Group |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Patient Flow for Hip Replacement |
3.2
Person-centred
|
B
Getting better
|
No | No | No | Yes | No |
Patients With Repeat Hospitalization for Mental Illness, Age 15+ (General Hospital Only) |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Pediatric Patients Readmitted to Hospital |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Perceived Health |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Percentage of Claims Accepted by Public Drug Programs for Generic Drugs |
2.3
Efficient allocation of resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Percentage of Prescribed Drug Spending Financed by Public Sector |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Percentage of Public Drug Program Spending on Generic Drugs |
2.3
Efficient allocation of resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Percentage of Residents Who Had a Newly Occurring Stage 2 to 4 Pressure Ulcer |
3.3
Safe
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Percentage of Residents Whose Behavioural Symptoms Improved |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Percentage of Residents Whose Behavioural Symptoms Worsened |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Percentage of Residents Whose Bladder Continence Worsened |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Percentage of Seniors on Public Drug Programs With Accepted Claims |
2.5
Health system innovation and learning capacity
|
-Not Applicable | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Percentage Rate of Chronic Beers Drug Use Among Seniors on Public Drug Programs |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Volume by Province and Centre |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Rate |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Physical Activity (Age 18 and Older) |
1.2
Biological material, psychosocial and behavioural factors of health
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Physicians per 100,000 Population, by Specialty |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribed to Seniors |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Potentially Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Prescribed Drug Spending per Capita |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Proportion of Physicians in Rural Areas |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Radiation Treatment Wait Times |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Ratio of Health Care Providers Employed in Direct Care to Supply, by Type of Provider |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Repeat Hospital Stays for Mental Illness |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Restraint Use in Long-Term Care |
3.2
Person-centred
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Self-Harm Hospitalizations |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Small for Gestational Age Rate |
4.1
Improve health status of Canadians
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Smoking |
1.2
Biological material, psychosocial and behavioural factors of health
|
-Not Applicable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Surgical Patients Readmitted to Hospital |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
B
Getting better
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Time in Emergency Department Until Disposition Decision (Hours, Percentile) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Total Time Spent in Emergency Department (Hours, Percentile) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Total Time Spent in Emergency Department for Admitted Patients (90% Spent Less, in Hours) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Total Time Spent in Emergency Department for Non-Admitted Patients (Hours, Percentile) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Transplants, by Organ Type |
2.2
Health system resources
|
-Not Applicable | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Wait Time for Hip Fracture Surgery, Age 65+ (Proportion With Surgery Within 48 Hours) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wait Times for Bypass Surgery |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Wait Times for Cataract Surgery (Percentage Meeting Benchmark) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Wait Times for Cataract Surgery (Percentiles) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Wait Times for CT Scan |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Wait Times for Hip Fracture Repair: From ED Registration (Percentage Meeting Benchmark) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Wait Times for Hip Fracture Repair: From ED Registration (Percentiles) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Wait Times for Hip Replacement (Percentage Meeting Benchmark) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Wait Times for Hip Replacement (Percentiles) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Wait Times for Knee Replacement (Percentage Meeting Benchmark) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Wait Times for Knee Replacement (Percentiles) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Wait Times for MRI Scan |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Wait Times for Radiation Therapy (Percentiles) |
3.1
Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services
|
B
Getting better
|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Worsened Depressive Mood in Long-Term Care |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Worsened Physical Functioning in Long-Term Care |
3.4
Appropriate and effective
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Worsened Pressure Ulcer in Long-Term Care |
3.3
Safe
|
C
Living with illness, disability or reduced function
|
No | No | Yes | No | No |
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