TABLE 1.

Areas of performance in HQO's QMonitor Annual Report on Ontario's healthcare system

Area of Performance		Indicator
Accessible	Wait Times	Median number of days to long-term care home placement
Effective	Incontinence*	% of residents with worsening bladder control
	Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)	% of residents with increasing difficulty carrying out normal everyday tasks
	Cognitive Function	% of residents whose language, memory and thinking abilities have recently decreased
	Pain	% of residents with pain that got worse recently
	Emergency Department Visits	# of emergency department visits due to an ambulatory care–sensitive condition per 100 LTC residents per year
Safe	Falls*	% of residents who had a recent fall
	Pressure Ulcers*	% of residents who had a pressure ulcer that recently got worse
	Restraints*	% of residents who were physically restrained
	Medication Safety	% of residents aged 65 years or older prescribed a drug that should never be used among the elderly per 100,000 residents aged 65 years or older per year
Appropriately Resourced	Health Human Resources	# of injuries per 100 LTC workers per year
Focused on Population Health	Infections	% of long-stay residents with new infections

* Also reported on the public reporting website.