An In-Depth Look at the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Care System

Explore Newfoundland and Labrador Health Care Using Health Indicators

See data on the Newfoundland and Labrador health care system and on the health of Canadians in Newfoundland and Labrador. Explore health care information on hospitals and long-term care facilities in this informative overview using a series of health indicators. 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 Newfoundland and Labrador

• Review information on how many people have a regular doctor in Newfoundland and Labrador
• See detailed statistics on the number of Newfoundland and Labrador hip fracture surgeries that were performed within 48 hours

Health care person-centredness in Newfoundland and Labrador

• See the number of repeated stays in Newfoundland and Labrador hospitals by patients with mental illnesses

Health care efficiency in Newfoundland and Labrador

• Explore Newfoundland and Labrador health care administrative expenses
• See details on Newfoundland and Labrador costs of a standard hospital stay

Health care appropriateness and effectiveness in Newfoundland and Labrador

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

Health care safety in Newfoundland and Labrador

• Review data on in-hospital sepsis in Newfoundland and Labrador
• See statistics on the number of Newfoundland and Labrador obstetric traumas with instrument
• View the number of potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions for seniors in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Explore the percentage of falls in Newfoundland and Labrador long-term care facilities in the last 30 days
• See the percentage of worsened pressure ulcers in Newfoundland and Labrador long-term care

Social determinants in Newfoundland and Labrador health care

• See data on heavy drinking in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Review the statistics on children vulnerable in areas of early development in Newfoundland and Labrador
• View percentages of obesity in Newfoundland and Labrador
• See percentages of smoking in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Explore levels of physical activity in Newfoundland and Labrador during leisure time

Health status in Newfoundland and Labrador

• See statistics on life expectancy at birth in Newfoundland and Labrador
• View information on life expectancy at age 65 in Newfoundland and Labrador over time
• See how people in Newfoundland and Labrador rated their overall social, mental and physical health
• Read data results on avoidable deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Compare results on avoidable deaths from preventable causes in Newfoundland and Labrador by health region, long-term care facility and hospital, and over time
• See the effectiveness of the health care system by exploring data on Newfoundland and Labrador deaths that were avoidable from treatable causes
• View the number of heart attacks in Newfoundland and Labrador that caused hospitalization
• Explore statistics on how often strokes in Newfoundland and Labrador resulted in hospitalization
• See Newfoundland and Labrador hospitalizations that resulted from self-injury
• Examine improved physical functioning in long-term care facilities in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Levels of worsened physical functioning in Newfoundland and Labrador long-term care can be explored by region, by facility or over time
• Results for worsened depressive mood in Newfoundland and Labrador long-term care are available
• See Newfoundland and Labrador statistics on rates of experiencing pain in long-term care
• Percentages of worsened pain experienced in long-term care in Newfoundland and Labrador can be explored using different criteria