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Bed Counts - Acute Care Hospital
The Monitoring the Winnipeg Hospital System: 1990/91 through 1996/97 report contains bed count information representing the acute care beds in Winnipeg hospitals. The table has been reproduced below, adding 1997 bed counts. Note... |
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Benzodiazepine Use / Benzodiazepine Dispensations
The benzodiazepine family of depressants is used therapeutically to produce sedation, induce sleep, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and to prevent seizures. In general, benzodiazepines act as hypnotics in high doses, anxiolytics in moderate doses... |
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Binge Drinking - Measuring Prevalence
Binge drinking is commonly defined in the social sciences as having five or more drinks on one occasion. This concept provides information on the data sources and survey questions related to alcohol consumption and the amount and frequency of drink... |
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Birth / Grade Cohorts
Children can be categorized into groups, or cohorts, often according to their year of birth or grade in school. This is useful when studying the developmental progress of children, as they can be compared to others in their particular cohort. This... |
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Birth Cohort Registry - Methodology
This concept provides the methodology, including SAS code (internal access only), for the development of the birth cohort registry at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP). Issues associated with creating birth cohorts are also discuss... |
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Birth Region
This concept describes how Birth Region is operationalized for immigration-related res...
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Bootstrapping Methods
This concept describes a statistical method called bootstrapping and provides information on how it has been used in MCHP research. This includes a definition of the term, and a description of different methods, including SAS code examples for spec... |
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Breast Cancer Screening / Mammography
This concept provides information on breast cancer screening / mammography provided in Manitoba. This includes a brief description of the Breast Screening / BreastCheck program operated by CancerCare Manitoba, the methods of identifying breast canc... |
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Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine,
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University of Manitoba
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