title: Assessing primary healthcare using pan- Canadian indicators of health and health system performance.
abstract: Updated primary healthcare (PHC) indicators are now available for use across Canada. The Canadian Institute for Health Information identified and updated two sets of priority indicators - a policy set to meet the needs of policy makers and a provider set to meet the needs of providers of PHC at the practice and organization levels. A total of 51 indicator definitions were updated to ensure that they are measurable and operational, align with clinical practice guidelines and available data sources and reflect important dimensions of PHC performance in Canada.
authors.affiliation: Michael Terner, MSc, is a program lead with the Primary Health Care (PHC) Information and Clinical Registries branch at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). He has previously worked as a medical writer in the clinical research industry and as a researcher at several federal government agencies.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terner
authors.affiliation: Jennifer D'Silva, MSc, is a project lead with the Health System Research team at CIHI. She has over nine years of experience in health services research and performance measurement.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: D'Silva
authors.affiliation: Brenda Tipper, MHSc, is the senior program consultant with Health System Performance at CIHI. She has worked on health system performance assessments as a consultant to the World Health Organization. Previous consulting work with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care included development of a primary healthcare scorecard for Ontario.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tipper
authors.affiliation: Olga Krylova, PhD, is a senior analyst with the Health System Research team at CIHI. She has extensive experience in epidemiological research and health data analysis.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Krylova
authors.affiliation: Greg Webster, MSc, is the director of PHC Information and Clinical Registries at CIHI. He has 20 years of experience using health data, information and evidence to improve health and healthcare. He also has extensive experience leading and achieving results through networks and partnerships.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Webster
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care