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An In-Depth Look at the Ontario Health Care System

Explore Health Care in Ontario Using Health Indicators

Your Health System: In Depth provides a and of the health of Canadians in Ontario. Compare data by hospital, long-term care organization, city, health region, province or territory.

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Health care access in Ontario

  • — See how wait times for initial assessment by a doctor in Ontario emergency departments compare by province, region and facility, calculated in hours using the 90th percentile
  • — Explore how long admitted patients spent in emergency departments in Ontario, comparing results for any health region, long-term care facility or hospital
  • — Compare data on how many people have a regular doctor in Ontario
  • — See statistics on the number of hip fracture surgeries that were performed in Ontario within 48 hours

Person-centredness health care in Ontario

  • — See how many patients with mental illness had repeated stays in hospital; examine statistics by Ontario facility, health authority, region and province, as well as trends over time

Health care efficiency in Ontario

  • — Examine administrative costs in relation to total expenses
  • — Explore data on the cost of a standard hospital stay in Ontario, and see results by health region, city or hospital

Health care appropriateness and effectiveness in Ontario

  • — View statistics for patients who were readmitted to hospital in Ontario by time trend, region, province and facility. Or view breakdowns of medical, surgical, obstetric and youth patients readmitted to hospital:
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  • — Review statistics on hospital care occurrences in Ontario for conditions that could have been treated in the community health care system
  • — Compare the highest users of hospital beds by province, region, long-term care facility or hospital
  • — Explore trends over time and other statistics regarding the number of deaths in hospital in Ontario and
  • — Explore influenza immunization trends over time and view comparisons by Ontario hospital, health region, long-term care organization, territory or province
  • — Compare the rates of potentially inappropriate antipsychotics used in long-term care facilities in Ontario

Health care safety in Ontario

  • — Compare data on life-threatening complications occurring in hospital in Ontario as a result of infection
  • — See statistics on the number of third-degree lacerations in vaginal deliveries that were assisted by an instrument
  • — View the number of drug prescriptions for seniors in Ontario that were potentially inappropriate and compare by province, time, region, health authority, hospital or long-term care facility
  • — View the percentage of falls in long-term care facilities in Ontario by health authority and see comparisons with other provinces as well as trends over time
  • — See the percentage of worsened pressure ulcers in Ontario long-term care by facility, year, health region and more

Social determinants in Ontario health care

  • — Compare heavy drinking percentages for Ontario and other provinces and see results for all regions, cities and other criteria within the province
  • — View the statistics on early development vulnerabilities in children across Ontario and the rest of Canada
  • — View obesity trends over time and compare percentages for Ontario with those for all of Canada
  • — See smoking percentages for health regions in Ontario as well as in other provinces in Canada
  • — Explore levels of physical activity in Ontario by region and compare with all of Canada over time

Health status in Ontario

  • — See statistics on life expectancy at birth in Ontario by health region, hospital or long-term care organization
  • — View comparisons of life expectancy at age 65 in Ontario over time
  • — See how people in Ontario rated their overall physical, social and mental health
  • — See data results on avoidable deaths per 100,000 population in Ontario regions and facilities, as well as comparisons with other provinces
  • — Compare results on avoidable deaths from preventable causes in Ontario by long-term care facility, health region and hospital, and over time
  • — Learn about the effectiveness of Ontario's health care system by exploring data on deaths that were avoidable from treatable causes
  • — View the number of heart attacks in Ontario that resulted in hospitalization, per 100,000 population, and compare data by health region, facility or province
  • — See statistics on how often strokes in Ontario resulted in hospitalization
  • — Explore long-term care organizations, health regions and hospitals in Ontario to see results on hospitalizations that resulted from self-injury
  • — The levels of improved physical functioning in long-term care facilities in Ontario can be examined by facility, health region and time trend
  • — Explore worsened physical functioning in Ontario long-term care by facility, over time and by region, and compare with other provinces (on a comparative map)
  • — Results for worsened depressive mood in long-term care in Ontario can be compared with results for other provinces, as well as by health region or care facility
  • — See Ontario statistics on rates of experiencing pain in long-term care
  • — Percentages of worsened pain experienced in long-term care in Ontario are presented by time trend, health region and facility, and comparatively by province

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