TABLE 4.

Core set of performance indicators for accountability agreements between the MoHLTC and the LHINs

Performance dimension	Accountability indicators	Developmental indicators
Improve coordination and integration of services within local health system	Percentage of alternate level of care (ALC) days	N/A
	Rate of emergency department visits that could be managed elsewhere
	Hospitalization rate for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSC)
	Median wait time to long-term care home placement
Increase access to key healthcare services	90th percentile wait times for cancer surgery	N/A
	90th percentile wait times for diagnostic (MRI/CT) scan
	90th percentile wait times for cardiac bypass procedures
	90th percentile wait times for cataract surgery
	90th percentile wait times for hip and knee replacement
Improve patient-centredness, patient safety and quality of healthcare services	Readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI)	Perception of change in quality of care
		Percentage of chronic-stay patients in complex continuing care with new stage 2 or greater skin ulcers
		Percentage of in-hospital cancer deaths as a proportion of all cancer deaths
		Psychiatric readmission rates in hospitals
Increase sustainability and equity of the health system	N/A	Change in hospital productivity