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An In-Depth Look at the British Columbia ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Care System

Explore ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Care in British Columbia Using ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Indicators

Your ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ System: In Depth provides a detailed and of the health of Canadians in British Columbia. Compare data by hospital, long-term care organization, city, health region, province or territory.

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ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care access in British Columbia

  • — See how wait times for initial assessment by a doctor in British Columbia emergency departments compare by province, region and facility, calculated in hours using the 90th percentile
  • — Explore how long admitted patients spent in emergency departments in British Columbia, comparing results for any health region, long-term care facility or hospital
  • — Compare data for how many people have a regular doctor in British Columbia
  • — See statistics on the number of hip fracture surgeries in British Columbia that were performed within 48 hours

Person-centredness health care in British Columbia

  • — See how many patients with mental illness had repeated stays in hospital by examining statistics by British Columbia facility, health authority, region and province, as well as trends over time

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care efficiency in British Columbia

  • — Examine administrative costs in relation to total expenses
  • — Explore data on the cost of a standard hospital stay in British Columbia, and see results for any health region, city or hospital

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care appropriateness and effectiveness in British Columbia

  • — View statistics for patients who were readmitted to hospital in British Columbia by time trend, region, province and facility. Or view breakdowns of medical, surgical, obstetric and youth patients readmitted to hospital:

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  • — Review statistics on hospital care occurrences in British Columbia for conditions that could have been treated in the community health care system
  • — Compare the highest users of hospital beds by province, region, long-term care facility or hospital
  • — Explore trends over time and other statistics regarding the number of deaths in hospital in British Columbia |
  • — Explore influenza immunization trends over time and view comparisons by British Columbia hospital, health region, long-term care organization, territory or province
  • — Compare the rates of potentially inappropriate antipsychotics used in long-term care facilities in British Columbia

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care safety in British Columbia

  • — Compare data on life-threatening complications occurring in hospital in British Columbia as a result of infection
  • — See statistics on the number of third-degree lacerations in vaginal deliveries that were assisted by an instrument
  • — View the numbers of drug prescriptions for seniors that were potentially inappropriate in British Columbia; compare by province, time, region, health authority, hospital or long-term care facility
  • — View the percentage of falls in long-term care facilities in British Columbia by health authority and see comparisons with other provinces as well as trends over time
  • — See the percentage of worsened pressure ulcers in British Columbia long-term care by facility, year, health region and more

Social determinants in British Columbia health care

  • — Compare heavy drinking percentages for British Columbia and other provinces, and see results for all regions and cities, as well as for other criteria within the province
  • — View the statistics of early development vulnerabilities in children across British Columbia and the rest of Canada
  • — View obesity trends over time and compare percentages for British Columbia with those for all of Canada
  • — See smoking percentages within British Columbia health regions as well as for other provinces in Canada
  • — Explore levels of physical activity in British Columbia by region and comparisons with all of Canada over time

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ status in British Columbia

  • — See statistics on life expectancy at birth in British Columbia by health region, hospital or long-term care organization
  • — View comparisons on life expectancy at age 65 in British Columbia over time
  • — See how people in British Columbia rated their overall physical, social and mental health
  • — See data results on avoidable deaths per 100,000 population in British Columbia regions and facilities, as well as comparisons with other provinces
  • — Compare results on avoidable deaths from preventable causes in British Columbia by long-term care facility, health region and hospital, and over time
  • — Learn about the effectiveness of British Columbia’s health care system by exploring data on deaths that were avoidable from treatable causes
  • — View the number of heart attacks in British Columbia that resulted in hospitalization, per 100,000 population, and compare data by health region, facility or province
  • — See statistics on how often strokes in British Columbia resulted in hospitalization
  • — Explore long-term care organizations, health regions and hospitals in British Columbia to see results on hospitalizations that resulted from self-injury
  • — Examine the levels of improved physical functioning in long-term care facilities in British Columbia by facility and health region and over time
  • — Explore data on the worsening of physical functioning in British Columbia long-term care by facility, over time and by region, and compare with other provinces (on a comparative map)
  • — Compare results of worsened depressive mood in long-term care in British Columbia with those in other provinces, as well as by health region or care facility
  • — See British Columbia statistics on rates of experiencing pain in long-term care
  • — Percentages of worsened pain experienced in long-term care in British Columbia are presented by time trend, health region and facility, and comparatively by province

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