Indicator library

This list provides definitions and methodologies for more than 100 CIHI indicators, ranging from acute care, continuing care and rehabilitation to finance, spending and health human resources.
 
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Avoidable Deaths From Preventable Causes

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This indicator gives details on premature deaths that could potentially have been avoided through primary prevention.

Avoidable Deaths From Treatable Causes

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This indicator gives details on premature deaths that could potentially have been avoided through secondary or tertiary prevention.

Behavioural Symptoms Improved

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This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents whose behavioural symptoms improved.

Behavioural Symptoms Worsened

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This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents whose behavioural symptoms worsened.

Caesarean Section Rate

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This indicator measures the crude rate of all Caesarean sections (C-sections) per 100 deliveries. Lower rates are desirable.

Cardiac Revascularization Rate

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This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed on inpatients in acute care hospitals or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) performed on patients in acute care hospitals, same-day surgery…

Caregiver Distress

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This indicator provides the percentage of long-stay home care clients whose unpaid caregivers experience distress in a 1-year period.

Children Living in Low-Income Families

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Prevalence of Children Living in Low-Income Families

Children Vulnerable in Areas of Early Development

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This indicator measures the percentage of children who are considered vulnerable in at least one developmental domain at school entry, as measured by the Early Development Instrument (EDI).

CIHI Hospital Frailty Risk Measure (HFRM)

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This is an acute care contextual measure developed to characterize the risk of frailty among seniors in hospitals across Canada.

Communication With Doctors

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​This measure describes whether doctors communicated well with patients. Results show the percentage of patients who responded most favourably in the CPES-IC survey.

Communication With Nurses

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​This measure describes whether nurses communicated well with patients. Results show the percentage of patients who responded most favourably in the CPES-IC survey.

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Rate

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This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed on inpatients in acute care hospitals, per 100,000 population age 18 and older.

Corporate Services Expense Ratio (CSER)

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This indicator measures the percentage of the legal entity's total expenses that were spent in administrative departments such as finance and human resources. A high percentage indicates that administrative costs are a large portion of total expenses; a…

Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay

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This indicator gives the ratio of a hospital’s total acute inpatient expenses to the number of acute inpatient cases adjusted for resource use (RIW).

Days Waiting for Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation

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This indicator provides the average number of days that clients wait between the Date Ready for Admission to a rehabilitation program and the actual date of admission.

Death at Home or in Community

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​​This indicator provides the percentage of Canadians who die at home or in the community each year.

Early Intervention for Mental Health and Substance Use Among Children and Youth Indicator

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This document summarizes the Early Intervention indicator’s methodology, results, caveats and other identifying information. Higher is better. The higher the result, the higher the number of individuals with early needs who accessed community-based…

Emergency Department Wait Time for Inpatient Bed (Hours, Percentile)

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This indicator measures the time between the Disposition Date/Time and the Date/Time Patient Left Emergency Department (ED) for admission to an inpatient bed or operating room.

Emergency Department Wait Time for Physician Initial Assessment (90% Spent Less, in Hours)

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This indicator measures the time interval between the earlier of triage date/time or registration date/time and the date/time of physician initial assessment in the emergency department (ED). The 90th or 50th percentile of this indicator represents the…

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