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1. Housing Operations Management System (HOMS) Data
The Housing Operations Management System (HOMS) data is used by Manitoba Housing (Department of Housing, Addictions and Homelessness) to administer the Social Housing Program in Manitoba. The Housing Operations Management System (HOMS) is used to manage ...
2. Workers Compensation Board (WCB) Data
The Workers Compensation Board (WCB) of Manitoba is a statutory corporation that provides workplace injury and disability insurance for both workers and employers. The Workers Compensation Board (WCB) data in the Manitoba Population Research Data Reposito...
3. Gender
Gender is an evolving term, with the definition changing over time. In earlier MCHP research, the words sex and gender are often used interchangeably, indicating the biological sex (e.g. male or female) of an individual. In Kozyrskyj, A et al. ...
4. CCI
An acronym for: Canadian Classification of Health Interventions (CCI) Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI)
5. Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI)
The Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI) is a tool developed by Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and sponsored by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that classifies ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes into chronic and non-chronic con...
6. Immunotherapy
"Immunotherapy boosts the immune system or helps the immune system to find cancer and attack it. Immunotherapy is used to: stop or slow the growth of cancer stop cancer from spreading to other parts of the body help the immune system wor...
7. Community Social Data Strategy (CSDS) Community Data Program
"The CSDS is a national consortium of local data user networks that provides a gateway through which municipalities and community-based organizations access social data from Statistics Canada and other sources." (
8. Accused Appeal
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg An accused appeal is a process where a person accused of a crime wants the court to re-ass...
9. Acquittal
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg An acquittal is when the judge or jury finds the accused “not guilty.” This occurs whe...
10. Jail (Prison)
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg While they are often used interchangeably, prison and jail are two different things. Ja...


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