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Municipality Brampton Category Medical conditions - Adverse events Select a different category   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. Transfusion reaction Patients with blood transfusion reactions. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - - - - - - - - - - Observed (per thousand) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Risk adjusted (per thousand) - - - - - - - - - - Ontario average (per thousand) - - - - - - - - - - Compare this indicator against other municipalities in Ontario Decubitus ulcer Pressure sores that develop when a patient lies on his or her back for extended periods. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank View View View View View View View View View View Score View View View View View View View View View View Observed (per thousand) 3.5 2.1 3.3 3.6 5.2 6.0 4.7 5.1 4.8 5.1 Risk adjusted (per thousand) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.8 0.9 5.7 5.8 Ontario average (per thousand) 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 8.9 9.6 Compare this indicator against other municipalities in Ontario Iatrogenic pneumothorax The collapse of a patient’s lung inadvertently induced by a physician or medical treatment. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - - - - - - - - - - Observed (per thousand) - - - - - - - - - - Risk adjusted (per thousand) - - - - - - - - - - Ontario average (per thousand) - - - - - 0 0 0 0.3 0.3 Compare this indicator against other municipalities in Ontario Selected infections due to medical care Cases of infection due to medical care, primarily those related to intravenous (IV) lines and catheters. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - - - - - - - - - - Observed (per thousand) - - - - - - - - - - Risk adjusted (per thousand) - - - - - - - - - - Ontario average (per thousand) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.4 Compare this indicator against other municipalities in Ontario * Note: It is not possible to compare data from 1997-2001 with data from 2002-2005 because of the change in coding classification.

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