Quality Indicator Repository
Quality indicators are standardised, evidence-based measures used to monitor and evaluate the quality and safety of care. The ACAC developed a Quality Indicator Repository. For information on its development see this document.
Please navigate the Quality Indicator Repository to learn about the quality indicators we identified across care settings and their defining, data, and source attributes. You can also use the Quality Indicator Repository to download quality indicators of interest to you.
Proportion of patients whose ability to perform personal and instrumental activities of daily living was assessed as part of the diagnostic work-up
Age at first diagnosis of dementia in the incident cases
Proportion of patients who have core blood tests undertaken as part of the diagnostic work-up
Number of people with dementia (aged under 65 years) recorded on GP practice registers, as a proportion of all people (aged under 65 years) registered at each GP practice.
Dementia – High Risk of Dementia (Identify patients and consider diabetes, cardiovascular disease, age, diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment)
A register of patients with known dementia and those newly diagnosed
Dementia, including Alzheimer disease, crude and age-standardised incidence rate, per 100,000, age 65 years and older, Canada
Dementia, including Alzheimer disease, crude and age-standardised prevalence,age 65 years and older, Canada
Proportion of incident cases diagnoses at a dementia specialist department. Classified as departments with dementia specialists (psychiatry, neurology, geriatrics) and other departments (internal medicine, surgery, other specialities).
The proportion of people with dementia in the country that received a diagnosis for dementia
Percentage of patients with a diagnosis of a qualifying dementing disorder or disease whose diagnosis has been disclosed to them and, if available, their primary caregiver
The rate of persons aged 65 and older with a recorded diagnosis of dementia per person estimated to have dementia given the characteristics of the population and the age and sex specific prevalence rates of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II, expressed as a percentage with 95 percent confidence intervals
Estimated population-based dementia incidence rate (number of new cases of dementia) stratified by age and sex
Estimated population prevalence rate of dementia (number of existing cases of dementia) stratified by age and sex.
Estimated prevalence of dementia per 1 000 population
Proportion of patients whose first appointment are within 90 days of referral to the diagnostic service
Age and sex-standardised incidence rate of registered dementia diagnoses in the elderly population
Inclusion of cognitive testing in long-term care needs assessments
Proportion of patients for whom a multi-professional team has been involved
Investigation to diagnosis
Is it documented in the patient file that diagnosis was discussed with the person with dementia?
Proportion of patients who have multiple cognitive domains assessed as part of the diagnostic work-up
Number of patients identified at risk of dementia and receiving a completed assessment
Number of patients on the QOF dementia register
Number of patients referred to a memory clinic for formal diagnosis where dementia is suspected,