Community Health Assessment Report 2004

Volume III - Indicators

Health Status & Determinants of Health & Well-Being
Characteristics of a population and its health state. Population characteristics include ethnicity and culture, personal behaviour and lifestyle, as well as living and working conditions that will typically effect health states. Measures of health status include life expectancy, disease prevalence, potential years lost due to disease or injury, as well as self-reported ratings on well-being.

Health System Performance
Outcomes of programs and services of a health system that provide relative measures of performance. In a population of a given health state or geography, what are the facilities and services available that provide health care and are they helping the people who use it? Health infrastructure measures are also included in this part. This part incorporates methodologies from AIM quality dimensions (CCHSE) and the Manitoba Health Performance Measured Framework.

Community & Health System Characteristics
Integrates the concepts of population health status and health system performance. Viewing how a given population utilizes health services provides insight into current and future demands on the health system by a population. Utilization and per capita resources compared across jurisdictions, geographies and population sectors, provide a relative measure of system load.

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