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Diabetes complications
Alternate Name*
Rate of serious complications in the last year among people with diabetes
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description*
Rate of serious chronic complications (including hospitalizations for coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease
and peripheral vascular disease (amputation), as well as end stage renal disease) and death in the last year among
people with diabetes aged 20 and older.
HQO Reporting tool/product
Public reporting
Dimension*
Effective
Type*
Outcome
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement*
Rate per 100 people
Calculation Methods*
Numerator divided by the denominator times 100
Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)*
Number of people with diabetes with any of the complications listed below:
1. Death
2. Coronary artery disease hospitalization (i.e. AMI)
3. Cerebral vascular disease (CVD) hospitalization (i.e. Stroke)
4. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) hospitalization (i.e. Surgeries for peripheral vascular disease including
amputations)
5. Incident end stage renal disease (i.e. requiring dialysis)
6. Any complication (calculated as the first occurrence of any of the above)
Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)*
All cases of diabetes that are prevalent on April 1 of each fiscal year
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized
Risk adjusted
Diabetes complications
http://indicatorlibrary.hqontario.ca/Indicator/Summary/Diabetes-complications/EN
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Data Source
Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database
Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)
Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD)
Data provided to HQO by
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)
Time
Age
Income
Rurality
Region
Sex
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
The indictor is targeting only the serious complications of diabetes. Some of the outcomes may not be directly related
to diabetes (such as death). The indicator is not adjusted for comorbidities. ODD doesn’t distinguish type1 and type 2
diabetes
Comments Summary
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TAGS
TAGS*
Primary Care
Outcome
Chronic Disease
Effective
Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database
Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)
Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD)
Diabetes complications
http://indicatorlibrary.hqontario.ca/Indicator/Summary/Diabetes-complications/EN
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PUBLISH
PUBLISH DATETIME*
28/02/2017 13:26:00
Diabetes complications
http://indicatorlibrary.hqontario.ca/Indicator/Summary/Diabetes-complications/EN
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