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This list provides definitions and methodologies for more than 100 ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨indicators, ranging from acute care, continuing care and rehabilitation to finance, spending and health human resources.
 
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Avoidable Deaths

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

Avoidable Deaths From Preventable Causes

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

Avoidable Deaths From Treatable Causes

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

Behavioural Symptoms Improved

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

Behavioural Symptoms Worsened

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

Caesarean Section Rate

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

Cardiac Revascularization Rate

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

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

Children Vulnerable in Areas of Early Development

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).

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨Hospital Frailty Risk Measure (HFRM)

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

Communication With Doctors

​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

​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

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)

This indicator measures the percentage of the legal entity's total expenses that were spent in administrative departments such as finance and human resources.

Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay

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).

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