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For indicators where data are unavailable from Statistics Canada, other credible data sources are used such as the World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet Index (as part of the Environment domain), and the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis's highly regarded Shelter Consumption Affordability Ratio (SCAR Index) (included in the Living Standards ...
Government of Canada is using the Market Basket Measure (MBM) of poverty as official poverty line since August 2018. [36] The MBM was developed in 2003 [37] [38] and the MBM thresholds take into account community size, location and household and composition, estimating the disposable income required to meet basic needs.
One indicator of the consequences of Americans' inconsistent health care coverage is a study in Health Affairs that concluded that half of personal bankruptcies involved medical bills. [42] Although other sources dispute this, [ 43 ] it is possible that medical debt is the principal cause of bankruptcy in the United States .
The Lalonde Report is a 1974 report produced in Canada formally titled A new perspective on the health of Canadians. [1] It proposed the concept of the "health field", identifying two main health-related objectives: the health care system; and prevention of health problems and promotion of good health. The report is considered the "first modern ...
The wheel includes headline indicators in areas such as health, relationships, job satisfaction, economic security, education, environmental conditions and measures of 'personal well-being' (individuals' assessment of their own well-being). A Summary of National Well-being Measures from March 2014 National Well-being Wheel of measures
Health indicators are quantifiable characteristics of a population which researchers use as supporting evidence for describing the health of a population.Typically, researchers will use a survey methodology to gather information about a population sample, use statistics in an attempt to generalize the information collected to the entire population, and then use the statistical analysis to make ...
Bringing together government performance indicators and community targeted indicators into a single solution; Widening the use of data by citizens and public officials to support decision-making, improve policy and target resources; Providing a wider local intelligence context to key performance indicators for government officials;
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides essential information on Canada's health systems and the health of Canadians. CIHI provides comparable and actionable data and information that are used to accelerate improvements in health care, health system performance and ...