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Provincial and Regional Health System Report Cards
We are pleased to present our 2011 health system
report cards. The new report cards build upon those developed in
2010, with two major changes based on requests from health
system stakeholders: an expanded number of indicators, as well
as acknowledgement of performance improvements, regardless of
the absolute score. Also new this year is the
interactive map which allows
you to select specific provinces and health care regions for a map of Canada.
Access the Interactive Map.
The provincial health system report cards compare
provinces in two broad categories of population health (24
indicators) and health system performance (34 indicators).
Health region report cards are used to examine each
territory more closely, though not as many indicators are
available at this more detailed level. The health regions are
grouped based on size (larger, medium and smaller regions) based
on population and scope of services provided. A total of 58
health region areas are included in the study; areas with lower
populations and regions in Quebec are not included due to
insufficient data.
For each performance indicator, we compare each jurisdiction’s
scores using raw data, then summarize the data into index
scores. By translating all scores into a standardized index, we
are able to aggregate scores into groups and make comparisons
between provinces and/or health regions using the aggregated
data. We standardize the data using 100 as the Canadian average,
with a standard deviation of 20. A score above 100 indicates a
stronger than average performance.
For each indicator, we provide both a “raw” index score, as well
as an adjustment factor of +/- 1 based on whether the
performance trend is improving. By doing so we acknowledge
improvement trends in all performance indicators.
These report cards provide a general picture of both population
health and health care system performance between provinces and
throughout the majority of health regions in Canada. While it is
useful for benchmarking and identifying best performers, it is
not possible to use this information directly for planning
specific interventions - the data has been aggregated, and is
often 1-2 years dated before it is available for comparisons.
For more detailed information on the indicators used in this
study please see the Data Details links below.
These documents contain raw data for each of the indicators
used, as well as the indexed scores and rankings.
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