About The Alternate Level of Care – Performance Reports

In 2009, most hospitals in Ontario began using a standardized Provincial Alternate Level of Care (ALC) definition to designate patients, where clinically appropriate, as requiring an alternate level of care.

A standardized ALC definition is an important step in capturing high-quality, near real-time data on all patients waiting in acute and post-acute hospitals for alternate levels of care. A standardized provincial definition allows for consistency and accuracy of ALC data captured across Ontario.

Alternate Level of Care (ALC) Performance Reports provide a picture of patient flow, resource allocation, and bed utilization as well as assist health system planners and decision-makers to monitor and manage performance, and identify gaps in services at the hospital, regional, and provincial level.

Intended Audience

Ministry of Health
Ontario Health Regions
Ontario Hospital Association
Hospital sites

Content

Please refer to ALC Reference Manual for an overview.

Methodology

Please refer to ALC Methodology Report document.

Please refer to ALC DQ Notes for data quality report.

Contacts

Questions about the dashboard can be sent to ED_ALC_Analytics@ontariohealth.ca

For all other inquiries (i.e., ONE ID, access) please see Support and Contacts