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This table has indicators that describe the performance of mental health and substance use services in the province. It covers topics such as timely access to services, repeat hospitalizations and emergency departments visits
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This table has indicators that describe the quality of continuing care services in the province, specifically home care services and long-term care. It covers topics such as wait times to receive the different services
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This table has indicators that describe the quality of acute care services in the province for hospital-based acute care. It covers topics related to timely access to selected surgeries, deaths and different adverse outcomes
Demographic Context describe the people living in a community.
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Demographic information, such as population count, household structures, language preferences, as well as disability information and sexual minority details.
A bill before the Alberta Legislature would allow residents of LTC facilities and their families to establish self-governing councils as of Apr. 1, 2018. The law would only apply to homes with more than four residents but would permit councils at
The Scottish Government rolled out a public consultation on a new strategy to help people lose weight. As part of Scotland's new diet and obesity strategy, the government is looking to restrict the promotion and advertising of unhealthy foods and
A study of Grade 9 to 12 students in Ontario and Alberta points to a "strong and robust" linkage between so-called vaping and subsequent tobacco use. The study, which suggests teenagers who use electronic cigarettes are at risk of graduating to
Teens are getting less sleep than they did before smartphones became commonplace, prompting concerns about potentially serious health consequences, researchers say. A study published in Sleep Medicine examined data from two surveys of U.S
The provincial government has promised to find a way to maintain oncology services at the Grand Falls General Hospital and the Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin, following a Vitalité Health Network's decision to discontinue chemotherapy
In its first-ever look at death rates and hospital readmissions following heart surgery, research from the Canadian Institute for Health Information finds that rates in Canada are comparable to those in other countries, such as the U.K. Specifically