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Reason most often selected for change (by medical specialty), 2009-2010

Proportion of patients with strokes who get rehabilitation services, Patients’ knowledge of whom to contact after discharge from emergency or acute care, Vaccination programs [flu shot], Screening programs, Chronic disease management, Percentage of Ontarians with heart disease or diabetes who smoke daily or are obese, Percentage of Ontarians, who report not eating enough fruit and vegetables, by income deciles.

% Reporting Being Physically Inactive, % Reporting Currently Smoking, % Reporting Pain That Prevents Activities, % Reporting Regular Medical Doctor, % Reporting Very Good Overall Functional Health, Prevalence of Self-Reported High Blood Pressure, Prevalence of Self-Reported Arthritis, Prevalence of Adult Obesity, Prevalence of Self-Reported Youth Overweight and Obesity

Includes: Economic growth, Standard of living, Employment, Real average hourly wage, Productivity, Exports, Debt, Tax burden, Tax rate, Surplus / deficit, Migration, Business investment, Secondary school graduates, University completion, R&D, Air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, Health care spending, Health outcomes, Comparative wait times, Life expectancy, Cancer mortality, Cardiovascular disease mortality, Infant mortality, Low income cut-offs (poverty line), Low birth rate, Personal & property crime, Income assistance, Long-term unemployment.