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Health outcomes

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Improving the health status of Canadians is an overall health system goal. Health outcomes data tracks improvements to health status, including those that result from health care investments or interventions. Examples include shorter term health outcomes such as survival of a heart attack following in-hospital care or reduced joint pain following knee replacement. Longer term health outcomes include improvements to life expectancy and avoidable deaths. Note that in-hospital deaths are not considered a measurement of health outcomes.

CIHI gathers and analyzes health care data and information so that we can effectively report on health outcomes following care and over the longer term. We also look for opportunities to increase our knowledge and understanding of health outcomes through enhanced availability of relevant data and information. 

Patient-reported outcomes are essential to understanding whether health care services and procedures make a difference to patients’ health status and quality of life. CIHI is working with a broad range of stakeholders to advance a common approach to using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) across Canada. Exploring patient-reported outcomes and experiences by different socio-demographic variables can uncover gaps in care and inform tailored programs and services to support equitable care. For information on patient experiences, visit our Patient Experience topic page.

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Race-based and Indigenous identity data

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  • March 17, 2022
Race-based and Indigenous identity data is essential for measuring health inequalities and disparities, and for identifying inequities that stem from racism, bias and discrimination.

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Health outcomes: Reports and releases

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This page lists health outcomes reports, stories, infographics and release summaries.

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Organ donation and transplantation data and reporting

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This first release, created as part of the CIHI-Infoway ODT Data and Performance Reporting System Project, features health system performance indicators, ODT at a glance (an interactive tool) and infographics.

Commonwealth Fund survey, 2023

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The 2023 Commonwealth Fund survey looked at the views and health care experiences of the general population age 18+ in 10 high-income countries, including Canada.

Connected care

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CIHI is working with stakeholders to develop standards that enable connected care and health data interoperability in Canada.

Frailty among hospitalized seniors

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Explore information and data related to the CIHI Hospital Frailty Risk Measure, an acute care contextual measure developed to characterize the risk of frailty among seniors.

Snapshot of Canada’s 4 health care priorities

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​Learn how the Government of Canada and the provincial and territorial governments are working together to improve Canadian health care in 4 priority areas.

Health outcomes: Data tables

Health outcomes: Data tables kathschach

This page lists data tables that provide information about health outcomes.

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Health outcomes: Indicators

Health outcomes: Indicators kathschach

This page lists CIHI’s health outcomes indicators.

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Avoidable Deaths

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This indicator gives details on premature deaths that could potentially have been avoided through all levels of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary).

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.

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).

Epidural Rate for Vaginal Deliveries

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This indicator provides contextual information on obstetrical services and provides the crude epidural rate for vaginal deliveries across Canada.

Graft Survival Following Organ Transplant

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The probability of a graft surviving at various time points following organ transplantation. Graft failure, retransplantation and patient death are all considered graft failures.

Health outcomes: Tools

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This page lists CIHI’s performance reporting tools that contain health outcomes data.

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IRRS LTC Secure Reporting tool

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The Integrated interRAI Reporting System Long-Term Care Secure Reporting tool aggregates pan-Canadian LTC data. Authorized users can explore organization-level data, compare results and see trends over time.

Your Health System: In Brief

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Your Health System: In Brief is an interactive health information tool that explores the five themes that Canadians told us were the most important.

Health outcomes: Data holdings

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This page contains information about CIHI’s health outcomes data holdings. 

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Commonwealth Fund metadata

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Source, data coverage, data availability, data elements and data quality of The Commonwealth Fund (CMWF).

Wait time metadata

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Metadata on surgical procedure wait times, including hip and knee replacement, hip fracture repair, cataract surgery, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging (MRI and CT scan).

Health outcomes: News and podcasts

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This page contains media releases, bulletins and podcast episodes about health outcomes.

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Frailty in Canada — Dr. Marcel Émond

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In this episode of the CHIP, guest host Jeanie Lacroix speaks with Dr. Marcel Émond, certified emergency physician at the level-1 trauma centre of the CHU de Québec — Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, about the risks of frailty.

Frailty in Canada — Dr. Kenneth Rockwood

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On this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, clinical research professor of frailty and aging at Dalhousie University, about the risks of frailty.

Palliative Care in Canada — Bernard Lapointe and Philippe Miquel

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with McGill University professor Bernard Lapointe and documentary filmmaker Philippe Miquel about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.

Palliative Care in Canada — Dr. Naheed Dosani

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Naheed Dosani about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.

Virtual Care in Canada — Dr. Ewan Affleck

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Ewan Affleck about the future of virtual care in Canada and why he is so passionate about continuing its growth.

Virtual Care in Canada — Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya about the future of virtual care in Canada and why he is so passionate about continuing its growth.

Health outcomes: Education resources

Health outcomes: Education resources kathschach

Through our Learning Centre, CIHI provides opportunities for health professionals to understand our evolving reporting systems and the application of our standards, data and analytics. We offer many courses and resources for a variety of audiences, including clinicians, assessors, data submitters and analysts, decision-makers, policy planners and researchers.

Courses and resources are available in a variety of formats, including eLearning modules, PDF and page-based documents, live and recorded web conferences, and videos.

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With 300 learning products in a variety of areas, we’re sure to have something that meets your needs — and our online courses will always fit your schedule.

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Other education resources

Resources offered through CIHI include the following:

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Connected care — Video (Video)

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This video explains what connected care is, how it will improve Canadians’ experiences with their health system and how CIHI is working with stakeholders to make this vision a reality.

CIHI Portal CMDB Metadata Dictionary (PDF)

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​​Use this document to plan for report building and to understand attributes and metrics used to create reports with Portal’s Canadian MIS Database (CMDB) project.

Rural Health Service Decision Process (PDF)

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Download a 2-page infographic-like document that includes an illustration of the Rural Health Service Decision Process and a brief description of each step.