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1. CCI
An acronym for: Canadian Classification of Health Interventions (CCI) Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI)
2. 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...
3. 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...
4. 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." (
5. 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...
6. 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...
7. Act
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg An Act (also called a statute) is a form of law that is enacted by legislature. An Act co...
8. Charge Count
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg A count refers to a specific accusation made against the individual or the basis for bring...
9. Community Service
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg Community service is a sentencing alternative to jail time in which the convicted offender...
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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