The Fraser Institute’s Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2008 provides an invaluable tool that patients and the general public can use to stimulate improvements in the quality of health services by measuring the performance of Ontario's acute care hospitals.

The 50 measures of in-hospital quality of care information contained in the Hospital Report Card analyse more than 9.5 million patient records over the period from April 1st, 1997 to March 31st, 2006.

Data from all of Ontario’s acute care hospitals are included in the report. Thirty out of 136 acute care hospitals, representing near 5% of inpatient records in the most recent year of data, agreed to have their institution identified in this second edition of the Hospital Report Card. Other hospitals are anonymously shown in the report by number.

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Please refer to the pdf files below for further information:

1. Overview and Observations
2. Hospital Mortality Index
3. Observed Rates by Hospital
1. Inpatient Quality Indicators
2. Patient Safety Indicators
4. Risk-adjusted Rates by Hospital
1. Inpatient Quality Indicators
2. Patient Safety Indicators
5. Scores by Hospital
1. Inpatient Quality Indicators
2. Patient Safety Indicators
6. Rankings by Hospital
1. Inpatient Quality Indicators
2. Patient Safety Indicators
7. Observed Rates by Municipality
1. Inpatient Quality Indicators
2. Patient Safety Indicators
8. Risk-adjusted Rates by Municipality
1. Inpatient Quality Indicators
2. Patient Safety Indicators
9. Scores by Municipality
1. Inpatient Quality Indicators
2. Patient Safety Indicators
10. Rankings by Municipality
1. Inpatient Quality Indicators
2. Patient Safety Indicators
11. Methodological Appendices
12. FAQs about the Hospital Report Card
    

Links to Other Helpful Websites

1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicator modules
2. Information of Risk Adjustment software: 3M™ All Patient Refined DRG (APR-DRG) and CMS-DRG Software
3. Other similar reports:
   • New York
   • Colorado
   • Texas
   • Norton Healthcare
   • Oregon
   • Missouri
   • Hospital Report Research Collaborative
   • Manitoba
4. Canadian Institute for Health Information