An In-Depth Look at the Saskatchewan Health Care System

Explore Saskatchewan Health Care Using Health Indicators

View in-depth results on Saskatchewan health care and on the health of Canadians in Saskatchewan in this examination of hospitals and long-term care organizations using a series of health indicators. Information is provided on health care efficiency, access, person-centredness, safety, and appropriateness and effectiveness, as well as on health care status and social determinants.

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Access to health care in Saskatchewan

• Review information on the number of people in Saskatchewan who have their own doctor
• Examine statistics on the number of hip fracture surgeries in Saskatchewan that are performed within 48 hours

Person-centredness in Saskatchewan health care

• See the number of Saskatchewan repeat hospital stays by patients with mental illnesses

Saskatchewan health care efficiency

• See Saskatchewan administrative costs in relation to total expenses
• Explore the costs of a standard Saskatchewan hospital stay

Saskatchewan health care appropriateness and effectiveness

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

Health care safety in Saskatchewan

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

Social determinants in Saskatchewan health care

• Explore statistics on heavy drinking in Saskatchewan
• Review information on Saskatchewan children who are vulnerable in areas of early development
• View Saskatchewan obesity percentages
• See Saskatchewan smoking percentages
• Explore levels of physical activity in Saskatchewan during leisure time

Health status in Saskatchewan

• View Saskatchewan life expectancy at birth information
• Explore information on life expectancy at age 65 in Saskatchewan
• See how people in Saskatchewan perceived their own health
• Read data results on avoidable deaths per 100,000 population in Saskatchewan
• Compare results on Saskatchewan avoidable deaths from preventable causes
• Explore data on Saskatchewan deaths that were avoidable from treatable causes
• See the number of Saskatchewan heart attacks causing hospitalization
• Explore statistics on Saskatchewan strokes resulting in hospitalization
• See Saskatchewan hospitalizations that resulted from self-injury
• Examine improved physical functioning in Saskatchewan long-term care facilities
• Review levels of worsened physical functioning in Saskatchewan long-term care
• Results of worsened depressive mood in Saskatchewan long-term care can be explored
• See statistics on rates of experiencing pain in Saskatchewan long-term care
• Percentages of worsened pain experienced in Saskatchewan long-term care can be explored by a number of different factors