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.
This indicator calculates the risk-adjusted rate of all-cause in-hospital deaths occurring within 30 days of first admission with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
This indicator calculates the risk-adjusted rate of all-cause in-hospital deaths occurring within 30 days for patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
The proportion of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who have died within 30 days of the ACS diagnosis.
The percentage of cerebral infarction patients who died within 30 days of observing the infarction.
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.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, ages 18 years and older. Includes metrics for discharges grouped based on AAA rupture status and repair type. Excludes transfers to another hospital, and obstetric discharges.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with a principal diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for patients ages 18 years and older. Excludes transfers to another hospital, discharges admitted from a hospice facility, and obstetric discharges.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with a principal diagnosis of acute stroke for patients ages 18 years and older. Includes metrics for discharges grouped by type of stroke. Excludes transfers to another hospital, discharges admitted from a hospice facility, and obstetric discharges.
The number of deaths in any hospital and out of hospital that occurred within 30 days of admission for acute non-elective (urgent) care with a principal diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
The number of deaths that occurred within 30 days of the admission date for a principal diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
Premature deaths that could potentially have been avoided through all levels of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary).
Premature deaths that could potentially have been avoided through primary prevention.
Premature deaths that could potentially have been avoided through secondary or tertiary prevention.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with a procedure for carotid endarterectomy (CEA), for patients ages 18 years and older. Excludes transfers to another hospital, and obstetric discharges.
In-hospital case-fatality rate following admission for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
In-hospital case-fatality rate following admission for ischaemic stroke.
Case fatality within 30 and 90 days after primary tumour-directed surgery for colorectal cancer.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), ages 40 years and older. Excludes obstetric discharges and transfers to another hospital.
The percentage of Canadians who die at home or in the community each year.
In-hospital deaths in Diagnosis Related Groups (see technical specifications) with a mortality rate less than 0.5%. This indicator is intended to identify in-hospital deaths in patients unlikely to die during hospitalisation. The underlying assumption is that when patients admitted for an extremely low-mortality condition or procedure die, a health care error is more likely to be responsible.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 surgical discharges among patients with serious treatable complications (shock/cardiac arrest, sepsis, pneumonia, gastrointestinal haemorrhage/acute ulcer, or deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism).
The number of deaths from venous thromboembolism (VTE) related events within 90 days post discharge from hospital per 100,000 (adult) hospital admissions.
A national mortality rate from a VTE related cause that occurred within 90 days of a patient's last discharge from hospital where they were treated for any cause, per 100,000 adult hospital admissions.
Number of patients who have been admitted to hospital with any cause and die within 90 days of their last discharge from a VTE related cause expressed as a rate per 100,000 adult hospital admissions.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with a procedure for esophageal resection or total gastrectomy and a diagnosis of esophageal cancer; or discharges with a procedure for esophageal resection and a diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancer, ages 18 years and older. Excludes obstetric discharges and transfers to another hospital.