An In-Depth Look at the Alberta Health Care System

Explore Alberta Health Care Using Health Indicators 

Learn about the Alberta health system and the health of Canadians in Alberta by exploring the data in Your Health System: In Depth. Information is provided on health care safety, efficiency, access, person-centredness, and appropriateness and effectiveness, as well as on health status and social determinants of health.

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Health care access in Alberta

• View Alberta emergency department wait times for initial assessment by a physician by facility, health region or province
• See data on the total time admitted patients spent in Alberta emergency departments, comparing results for any health region, long-term care facility or hospital
• Review information on how many people have a regular doctor in Alberta
• Glance through statistics on the number of Alberta hip fracture surgeries that were performed within 48 hours

Health care person-centredness in Alberta

• See the number of repeated stays in Alberta hospitals by patients with mental illnesses

Health care efficiency in Alberta

• Explore Alberta information on administrative expenses to understand the efficiency of the Alberta health care system
• Compare the efficient use of resources by viewing Alberta costs of a standard hospital stay

Health care appropriateness and effectiveness in Alberta

• View statistics on all Alberta patients who were readmitted to hospital
• See the number of Alberta medical patients readmitted to hospital
• Explore information on Alberta surgical patients readmitted to hospital
• View hospital readmissions for Alberta obstetric patients
• See statistics on Alberta patients age 19 and younger who were readmitted to hospital
• Look at information on hospital care occurrences in Alberta for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
• See the highest users of Alberta hospital beds by hospital, province, long-term care facility or region
• Explore information on the number of deaths in hospital in Alberta
• View statistics on Alberta hospital deaths following major surgery
• See trends over time for Alberta influenza immunizations for seniors
• Compare statistics on Alberta low-risk Caesarean sections with those of other provinces
• Review the rates of antipsychotic use in long-term care in Alberta that were potentially inappropriate
• See data on restraint use in Alberta long-term care

Health care safety in Alberta

• Review data on in-hospital sepsis in Alberta
• See statistics on the number of Alberta obstetric traumas with instrument
• View the number of potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions for seniors in Alberta
• Explore the percentage of falls in Alberta long-term care facilities
• See the percentage of worsened pressure ulcers in Alberta long-term care by facility, health region, year and more

Social determinants in Alberta health care

• Compare data on heavy drinking in Alberta with that of other provinces
• Review the statistics on children vulnerable in areas of early development in Alberta
• View obesity percentages in Alberta
• See smoking percentages in Alberta
• Explore levels of physical activity in Alberta during leisure time

Health status in Alberta

• See statistics on life expectancy at birth in Alberta
• View information on life expectancy at age 65 in Alberta over time
• See how people in Alberta rated their overall social, mental and physical health
• Read data results on avoidable deaths per 100,000 population in Alberta regions and facilities
• Compare results on avoidable deaths from preventable causes in Alberta by long-term care facility, health region and hospital, and over time
• See the effectiveness of the health care system by exploring data on Alberta deaths that were avoidable from treatable causes
• View the number of heart attacks in Alberta that caused hospitalization
• Explore statistics on how often strokes in Alberta resulted in hospitalization
• See Alberta hospitalizations that resulted from self-injury
• Examine improved physical functioning in long-term care facilities in Alberta
• Levels of worsened physical functioning in Alberta long-term care can be explored by region, by facility or over time
• Results of worsened depressive mood in Alberta long-term care can be seen by facility or health region, or compared with other provinces
• See Alberta statistics on rates of experiencing pain in long-term care
• Percentages of worsened pain experienced in long-term care in Alberta can be explored by time trend, or comparatively by province, facility or health region