Quality of care is measured by many dimensions. High-quality care is
- Evidence-based (appropriate)
- Focused on the patient (patient-centred)
- Safe
- Timely
CIHI gathers and analyzes health care data and information so that it can report on and contribute to the reporting of various dimensions of quality of care.
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Quality of care information
Reports and analyses
Reports and analyses about quality of care
- Learning From the Best: Benchmarking Canada’s Health System (Nov. 2011)
- Health Care in Canada, 2011: A Focus on Seniors and Aging (Dec. 2011)
- Supporting Informal Caregivers—The Heart of Home Care (Aug. 2010)
- Caring for Seniors With Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Forms of Dementia (Aug. 2010)
- Hormone Replacement Therapy: An Analysis Focusing on Drug Claims by Female Seniors, 2000 to 2007 (June 2008)
- Bisphosphonates in Osteoporosis: An Analysis Focusing on Drug Claims by Seniors, 2001 to 2007 (Feb. 2009)
- Drug Claims by Seniors: An Analysis Focusing on Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use, 2000 to 2006 (Oct. 2007)
- Depression Among Seniors in Residential Care (May 2010)
- Giving Birth in Canada reports (latest June 2012)
- Antipsychotic Use in Seniors: An Analysis Focusing on Drug Claims, 2001 to 2007 (July 2009)
- Diabetes Care Gaps and Disparities in Canada (Dec. 2009)
- Falls Among Seniors—Atlantic Canada (June 2010)
- Alternate Level of Care in Canada (Jan. 2009)
- Ontario Hospital Reports series
Databases and data sources for quality of care
CIHI’s many databases are used to calculate our large number of clinical, financial and other indicators across the health system and for populations. Our databases include
- Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)
- Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB)
- National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)
- National Physician Database (NPDB)
- National Health Expenditure Database (NHEX)
Key projects about quality of care
Canadian Hospital Reporting Project (CHRP)
Cardiac care quality indicators
The cardiac care quality indicators are a set of quality measures that are nationally comparable at the facility level.
The indicators support cardiac care centres in their quality improvement efforts by providing comparable information and by creating a forum for knowledge sharing and care process discussions. Results of the cardiac care quality indicators have been presented at the following events:
