Acute care: Indicators

This indicator calculates the risk-adjusted rate of all-cause in-hospital deaths occurring within 30 days of first admission to an acute care hospital with a diagnosis of stroke.

This indicator measures the risk-adjusted rate of urgent readmissions within 30 days of discharge for episodes of care for several patient groups.

This indicator measures the age-standardized acute care hospitalization rate for conditions where appropriate ambulatory care prevents or reduces the need for admission to hospital.

Change in surgeries completed in Canada, by volume and percentage change, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

This indicator provides the crude assisted delivery rate (overall) among vaginal deliveries.

This indicator measures the crude rate of all Caesarean sections (C-sections) per 100 deliveries.

This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed on inpatients in acute care hospitals or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) performed on patients in acute care hospitals, same-day surgery…

This is an acute care contextual measure developed to characterize the risk of frailty among seniors in hospitals across Canada.​ 

​This measure describes whether doctors communicated well with patients. Results show the percentage of patients who responded most favourably in the CPES-IC survey.

​This measure describes whether nurses communicated well with patients. Results show the percentage of patients who responded most favourably in the CPES-IC survey.