Read this evaluation of NSIR-RT, which was pilot-tested by 28 cancer treatment centres. The report focuses on patient safety objectives, client support and the data quality of the RT incident pilot data.
Seniors living with dementia spend more time in the emergency department and have higher rates of hospitalization than other Canadians 65 and older, CIHI analysis shows.
This analysis examines Canadian trends in opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing between 2012 and 2017. It builds on the report Pan-Canadian Trends in the Prescribing of Opioids, 2012 to 2016.
These data tables are a companion product to Pan-Canadian Trends in the Prescribing of Opioids and Benzodiazepines, 2012 to 2017; the data is meant to help facilitate user research and analysis.
This visual (map) provides pan-Canadian estimates on the number of Canadians hospitalized for opioid poisonings in 2017.
Last year, fewer opioid prescriptions were written in Canada, but the number of people hospitalized for opioid-related harms continued to climb. Explore the new data from our Opioid Reporting team on prescriptions, and on emergency department visits and hospitalizations due to opioids.
A document listing the mandatory and optional data elements required to support the collection of comprehensive pan-Canadian oncology drug data.
A document listing the mandatory and optional data elements required to support the collection of comprehensive pan-Canadian oncology drug data.
These data tables examine the number and types of drugs prescribed and potentially inappropriate drug use among seniors in Canada.
Read this report to find out about the number and types of drugs prescribed, potentially inappropriate drug use and drug use in long-term care facilities among seniors in Canada.
Although seniors make up only 17% of the Canadian population, they are estimated to account for roughly 40% of all spending on prescribed drugs. Find out more about drug use among seniors in Canada on this page.
Learn more about recent activities and newly available products from CIHI and other key organizations working in the field of substance use and surveillance.
Comparative list of 2018–2019 mandatory and optional data elements for all NACRS data submission options.
View data tables about emergency department visits and length of stay by province and territory for 2016–2017, based on data submitted to the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System.
Information about recent and upcoming CIHI releases, as well as new and notable initiatives from our partners.
The overall amount of opioids Canadians are getting in prescriptions is dropping, while the number of prescriptions for the drugs is rising amid the opioid crisis, new CIHI data shows.
How much do Canadians spend on drugs? Learn more about prescribed drug spending at a glance.
Methodology information to help users better understand and interpret the analysis in the Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada report.
Top 100 drug classes in terms of public drug program spending and rate of use for 9 provinces, 1 territory and 1 federal program.
International comparisons of pharmaceutical spending using data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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