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301.	Protective Services Families where children are in need of protection are provided with protective services from Child and Family Services, which are services provided when a child's life, health or emotional well-being are seen as endangered. These services are provided wit...
302.	Protein-Creatinine Ratio (PCR) The Protein-Creatinine Ratio (PCR) is used to measure the results of a lab test of proteinuria related to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Using the Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM) - Chemistry Data (** - ...
303.	Proteinuria Proteinuria is an excess of protein in the urine due to kidney disease, strenuous exercise, or dehydration. Proteinuria is most commonly caused by damage to the kidney's ability to filter protein, which can make the capillaries in the kidneys more permeab...
304.	Prototype Poor Health Status Index (PPHSI) The strong correlation between socio-economic characteristics and Socio-Economic Risk Index (SERI) allowed for the construction of a simple index of risk factors for poor health. The PPHSI is a measure of health status, based on a composite of five health...
305.	Provider Registry Data The Provider Registry (previously known as the Physician Resource File) contains "snapshots" of provider and practice information obtained quarterly from Manitoba Health. Details about physicians and nurse practitioners, and their practices are available...
306.	Provider Type The practitioner who ordered the laboratory test. In Lix et al. (2012), the categories for provider type included: General Practitioner (GP), specialist, missing/unlinked and other (e.g.: midwives).
307.	Provincial Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita The GDP is a relative measure of the wealth of the individual provinces. If provincial health expenditures are a function of need for health care, one might expect the residents of poorer provinces to have poorer health status and require higher health ca...
308.	Provincial Health Insurance Registry See Manitoba Health Insurance Registry Data.
309.	Provincial Nominee The provincial nominee program is for skilled workers who wish to migrate and settle in the d...
310.	Provincial Public Health Statistic System (PPHSS) Data The Provincial Public Health Statistic System (PPHSS) is a data collection system used by Public Health service providers in the Manitoba Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) to collect and provide information on the delivery of public health activities in ...
311.	Provisional Billing Numbers A billing number assigned temporarily to a physician under certain conditions, that allow the physician to make claims and bill the government for services they provide.
312.	PSA acronym for Physician Service Areas (PSA)
313.	PSI acronym for Patient Safety Indicator (PSI)
314.	Psoriasis Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that causes areas of thickened, inflamed, red skin, often covered with silvery scales. Approximately one-third of people with psoriasis also have psoriatic arthritis, a condition that causes joint pain and swelling (Fe...
315.	Psychiatric Unit A designated unit within a hospital that allocates beds for patients with mental health disorders. In Manitoba, these include the Psychiatric Extended Treatment Unit in Grace General Hospital and the Forensic Psychiatry Unit in Health Sciences Centre.
316.	Psychiatrist Visits Psychiatrists are physicians specializing in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Psychologists also have advanced training in psychiatric disorders, but are not physicians and are not included in the medical claims data or in our definition of psychia...
317.	Psychosis / Psychoses Medical condition involving a loss of contact with reality, often with symptoms such as hallucinations (sensing things that are not present or do not exist) or delusions (fixed false beliefs in events or facts). Psychosis is defined as any claim for a ps...
318.	Psychostimulant Medications Medications used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. For a list of psychostimulant medications, including the DINs and ATC codes, used in the Child Health Atlas Update (2008), please see the Links section
319.	Psychotic Disorders Psychotic disorders in children is a broad term used to describe a group of disorders that are characterized by extreme impairment of the ability to think clearly, respond emotionally, communicate effectively, understand reality, and behave appropriately....
320.	Psychotic Mental Health Condition See Psychotic Disorder..

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