Primary care: Indicators

This indicator provides the risk-adjusted rate of urgent readmission following discharge for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

This indicator measures the risk-adjusted rate of readmission following discharge for mental health and substance use disorders.

This indicator measures the risk-adjusted rate of urgent readmissions within 30 days of discharge for episodes of care for several patient groups.

This indicator measures the age-standardized acute care hospitalization rate for conditions where appropriate ambulatory care prevents or reduces the need for admission to hospital.

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

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

This indicator provides the percentage of the population that reported having a regular health care provider, including a family doctor or general practitioner, a medical specialist or a nurse practitioner. Higher percentages are desirable.

This indicator provides the risk-adjusted rate of patients who had 3 or more inpatient acute care hospitalizations with a cumulative length of stay (LOS) longer than 30 days (high users).

This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of new acute myocardial infarction (AMI) events admitted to an acute care hospital for the population age 18 and older.

This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of new hip fractures admitted to an acute care hospital, per 100,000 population age 65 and older.