The Fraser Institute - Ontario Hospital Report Card

Hospital -	Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre Site
Category -	Child birth - Utilization rates

LEGEND:

BLUE

Better than the Ontario average for the selected year.

WHITE

Not different from the Ontario average for the selected year.

RED

Worse than the Ontario average for the selected year.

No data were available for this year.

DEFINITIONS:

Rank	All institutions were ranked on each indicator based on their scores, where the highest rank of 1 corresponds to the highest score out of 100. Volume indicators were not ranked since they have threshold requirements.
Score	The score indicates how well a hospital performs on a given indicator, based on its risk adjusted rate where a score of 100 is the highest.
Risk adjusted rate	Measures the observed rate adjusted for differences in patients’ age, sex, and the presence of complications.
Observed rate	Measures the outcome of interest compared to population at risk.
Ontario average/total	This value is the risk adjusted average (Ontario average) or total (Ontario total) of an indicator across all acute care hospitals in Ontario.

Cesarean delivery

Surgical removal of a baby through the mother's abdomen. Lower rates are more desirable.

Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), uncomplicated

Rate of vaginal births that occurred in mothers who had delivered previously by Cesarean section. Higher rates are more desirable.

Primary cesarean delivery

Surgical removal of a baby through the mother's abdomen during the first birth inclusively. Lower rates are more desirable.

Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), all

Rate of vaginal births that occurred in mothers who had delivered previously by Cesarean section. Higher rates are more desirable.

* Note: It is not possible to compare data from 1997-2001 with data from 2002-2005 because of the change in coding classification.