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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High Users of Hospital Beds

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This indicator provides the risk-adjusted rate of patients who had 3 or more inpatient acute care hospitalizations with a cumulative length of stay (LOS) longer than 30 days (high users).

Hip Fracture Surgery Within 48 Hours

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This indicator calculates the risk-adjusted proportion of hip fractures surgically treated within 48 hours of a patient’s initial admission to an acute care hospital, among patients age 18 and older.

Hip Replacement Rate

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This indicator measures the hospitalization rate for hip replacement procedures performed in acute care hospitals or same-day surgery facilities per 100,000 population age 18 and older.

Home Care Services Helped the Recipient Stay at Home

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Percentage of households where at least one member received home care services in the past 12 months and reported that services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

Hospital Deaths (HSMR)

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The ratio of the actual number of in-hospital deaths in a region or hospital to the number that would have been expected, based on the types of patients a region or hospital treats.

Hospital Deaths Following Major Surgery

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This indicator measures the rate of in-hospital deaths due to all causes occurring within 30 days of major surgery.

Hospital Harm

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This indicator measures the rate of acute care hospitalizations with at least one occurrence of unintended harm during a hospital stay that could potentially have been prevented.

Hospital Stay Extended Until Home Care Services or Supports Ready

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This indicator measures the median number of days patients spend in an inpatient acute care hospital bed when they don’t need acute care before they are discharged to home care.

Hospital Stays for Harm Caused by Substance Use

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This indicator calculates the age-standardized rate of hospital stays for harm caused by substance use per 100,000 population age 10 and older.

Hospitalizations Entirely Caused by Alcohol

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This indicator provides the age-standardized rate of hospitalizations with conditions that are wholly (100%) attributable to alcohol, per 100,000 population age 10 and older.

Hospitalized Heart Attacks

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This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of new acute myocardial infarction (AMI) events admitted to an acute care hospital for the population age 18 and older.

Hospitalized Hip Fracture Event

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This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of new hip fractures admitted to an acute care hospital, per 100,000 population age 65 and older.

Hospitalized Strokes

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This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of new stroke events admitted to an acute care hospital for the Canadian population age 18 and older.

Hysterectomy Rate

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This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of hysterectomy provided to patients in acute care hospitals or same-day surgery facilities, per 100,000 women age 18 and older.

Improved Physical Functioning in Long-Term Care

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This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents who improved or remained completely independent in transferring and locomotion.

In-Hospital Mortality Following Organ Transplantation

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The proportion of organ transplant recipients who die during the hospital stay in which they receive their transplant

In-Hospital Sepsis

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This indicator calculates the risk-adjusted rate of in-hospital sepsis per 1,000 discharges.

Incidence of End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), by Age Group, Sex, Province, Rate per Million Population

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This indicator provides the number of all incident patients (new patients) with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who began renal replacement therapy (RRT) for the first time in the calendar year.

Incidence of End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), by Primary Diagnosis

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This indicator gives the breakdown, by primary diagnosis, of all patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who began renal replacement therapy (RRT) for the first time in the calendar year.

Inflow/Outflow Ratio

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This indicator is a ratio, calculated as the number of separations (discharges and deaths) from acute care/same-day surgery facilities within a given region divided by the number of acute care/same-day surgery separations generated by residents of that…

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