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| Data source | Content | Data years | Timelines |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMDB | Financial and statistical data | 2017–2018 to 2021–2022 | Annual refresh |
| DAD | Acute inpatient and day surgery data | 2017–2018 to current YTD* | Monthly refresh |
| NACRS | Emergency, day surgery and ambulatory care data | 2017–2018 to current YTD* | Monthly refresh |
| NRS | Adult inpatient rehab data | 2000–2001 to current YTD* | Quarterly refresh |
| STC | Income deciles/quintiles, geography data and population data | 2017–2018 to 2022–2023 | Annual refresh |
Note
* Year to date (YTD) is based on the fiscal year from April 1 to March 31.
| Category | Available in CIHI Portal |
|---|---|
| Custom Groups | Customized groupings using existing data objects |
| Grouper Methodology | DAD: Current year and last 5 historical fiscal years of DAD data grouped using the 2 most recent Case Mix Group+ (CMG+) grouping methodology years NACRS: Current year and last 5 historical fiscal years of NACRS data grouped using the 2 most recent Comprehensive Ambulatory Classification System (CACS) grouping methodology years NRS: Rehabilitation Patient Group (RPG) grouping methodology applied to all clients with a complete Total Function Score on admission |
| Geography Hierarchy | Postal Code Conversion File (latest version) |
| Patient Dimension | DAD: Readmission and Previous Admission NACRS: Re-Visit and Previous Visit |
| Prompted Metrics | Enhanced possibilities for single-report presentation |
| Peer Comparisons | Provincial, regional, institution, acute hospital peer group |
| Visual Thresholds | Data suppression, highlighting |
| Visual Insight | Enhanced visualization of data (versus plain graphs) |
| Visual Crossing | GIS/mapping functionality |