An In-Depth Look at the Northwest Territories Health Care System
Explore Northwest Territories Health Care Using Health Indicators
See data on the Northwest Territories health care system and on the health of Canadians in the Northwest Territories. Explore health care information on hospitals and long-term care facilities in this informative overview using a series of health indicators. See statistics on health care safety, access, efficiency, appropriateness and effectiveness, and person-centredness, as well as on social determinants and health status.
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Health care access in the Northwest Territories
- Get details on the percentage of people in the Northwest Territories who have a regular doctor
Health care person-centredness in the Northwest Territories
- View statistics on the patient flow for hip replacement in the Northwest Territories
- See the number of repeated hospital stays for mental illness in the Northwest Territories
Health care efficiency in the Northwest Territories
- Explore Northwest Territories health care administrative costs in relation to total expenses
Health care appropriateness and effectiveness in the Northwest Territories
- View statistics on all patients readmitted to hospital in the Northwest Territories
- See the number of Northwest Territories medical patients readmitted to hospital
- Explore information on surgical patients readmitted to hospital in the Northwest Territories
- View hospital readmissions for Northwest Territories obstetric patients
- See statistics on Northwest Territories patients age 19 and younger who were readmitted to hospital
- Look at information on Northwest Territories ambulatory care sensitive conditions
- See details on high users of hospital beds in the Northwest Territories
- View statistics on Northwest Territories hospital deaths following major surgery
- See influenza immunizations in the Northwest Territories for seniors
- Compare statistics on Northwest Territories low-risk Caesarean sections with those of other territories and the provinces
Health care safety in the Northwest Territories
- Review data on in-hospital sepsis in the Northwest Territories
Social determinants in Northwest Territories health care
- See data on heavy drinking in the Northwest Territories
- Review statistics on children vulnerable in areas of early development in the Northwest Territories
- View percentages of obesity in the Northwest Territories
- See percentages of smoking in the Northwest Territories
- Explore levels of physical activity in the Northwest Territories during leisure time
Health status in the Northwest Territories
- See details regarding life expectancy at birth in the Northwest Territories
- View information on life expectancy at age 65 in the Northwest Territories
- See statistics on perceived health in the Northwest Territories
- Read data results on avoidable deaths in the Northwest Territories
- Compare results on avoidable deaths from preventable causes in the Northwest Territories by health region, long-term care facility and hospital, as well as over time
- See the effectiveness of the health care system by exploring data on Northwest Territories deaths that were avoidable from treatable causes
- View the number of heart attacks in the Northwest Territories that caused hospitalization

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