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Length of Time Between First Nephrologist Visit and Dialysis Start
This concept describes the method used to determine the length of time between a patient's first Nephrologist visit and when their dialysis starts. |
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Level of Care (LOC) - In Hospital
Level of care is a classification for hospitalizations according to type of care received. In Manitoba, there are eight categories of level of care that are reported in the Hospital Abstracts data: ... |
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Level of Care (LOC) - in Personal Care Home (PCH)
This concept contains information on the level of care assigned to residents of Personal Care Homes (PCHs). The level of care is based on an assessment of the individual's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL), their need for professio... |
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Level of Care (LOC) Received
Level of care received refers to the particular type of hospital in which care is received. Hospitals range from small institutions, having less than 15 beds, to large, urban, teaching hospitals with hundreds of beds and a capacity to provide specia... |
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LINKS: A Record Linkage Package
LINKS is a record linkage package developed by MCHP at the University of Manitoba. Features of the LINKS package include: 1. SAS® compatibility: The LINKS programs are written in SAS Macro language and can be used on any mainframe, ... |
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List of Acronyms Relevant to MCHP
The following is the beginning of a comprehensive list of acronyms relevant to research and the work we do at MCHP. If you have additional acronyms you'd like to add to the list, please let MCHP know. |
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Live Births and Comparison of Data Sources
The investigation of a Birth Cohort looking at the educational achievements of students in Manitoba included looking at different sources of information for the number of live births in Manitoba. This inves... |
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Location of Residence (Postal Code) Agreement in Administrative Data
This concept contains a description of a method that investigates the level of agreement on "location of residence" using the postal code recorded in different administrative health data sets, and the findings of this investigation. The information... |
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Logistic Regression
The logistic regression model has become, in many fields, the standard method of data analysis concerned with describing the relationship between a response variable and one or more explanatory variables where the response variable follows a binomi... |
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Logistic Regression - Calibration of the Data Model
After data have been modeled, using logistic regression, as 'best' as one thinks possible, one is often interested in the model's calibration. Calibration "evaluates the degree of correspondence between the estimated probabilities of mortality produ... |
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Long Term Care (LTC) Data Overview
This concept provides information about the Long Term Care (LTC) data held in the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository. The concept introduces some LTC terminology and provides brief definitions for these terms. It provides detailed informa... |
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Long Term Care (LTC) in Acute Care Facilities
This concept describes four methods for defining long-term patients in acute care facilities. A statistical comparison of these approaches is also included. Note: Long Term Care hospitals such as Deer Lodge and Riverview should be refer... |
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Lorenz Curve
The Lorenz Curve is a graphical display of the distribution of the cumulative percent of events by the cumulative percent of people in the population. |
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Low-Variation / High-Variation Hospital Utilization
A low-variation / high-variation framework was developed (by Wennberg (1984) ) to identify both medical conditions and surgical procedures for which hospital utilization is fairly stable across small areas ("low-variation") and for whi... |
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