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Active Ingredient
The medicinal components of a drug. The names and strengths of active ingredient(s) contained in a product are available for some products through the Drug Product Database. |
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Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
A defined set of activities (e.g.: movement in bed, transfers, locomotion, dressing, personal hygiene, and feeding) necessary for normal self-care. An individual's ability to perform ADLs is important for determining their required type of long-term care ... |
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Activities of Daily Living Hierarchy Scale (ADL-H)
A scale used to measure an individual's degree of dependence in ADLs: Early-loss ADLs (dressing, bathing and personal hygiene) are assigned lower scores than middle-loss ADLs (locomotion, transfers, and toilet use), which are assigned lower scores than la... |
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Activity Restrictions - (CCHS Survey Data)
This is a derived variable from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) that combines a number of questions on activity restrictions. This variable is a crude measure of the impact of long-term physical conditions, mental conditions, and health proble... |
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Actual Acquisition Cost Policy
A drug reimbursement policy that pays pharmacies/retailers an amount equal to their acquisition cost plus a negotiated mark-up. |
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Actual Bed Supply
The number of hospital beds per 1000 population. |
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Acuity
The measure of the severity of injury and of the need for hospitalization. InterQual Criteria have sometimes been used to determine acuity. |
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Acute Admissions
Generally admission to an acute care facility with a primary service code other than those for long term care. This can be for both physical injury or mental health disorders. |
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Acute Care
Care provided to patients who are acutely ill and require medical care or surgery for treatment of a disease or severe illness. Acute care patients are typically hospitalized for a short period of time, and discharged or transferred to a secondary care se... |
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Acute Care Admissions
See Acute Admissions . |
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Acute Care Facilities
See Acute Care Hospitals glossary term. |
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Acute Care Hospital Services
Measures of health care utilization represented by three separate rates: 1) The rate of hospital admission per 1000 persons, 2) the average length of stay per hospital admission, and 3) total days of hospital care per 1000 persons. |
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Acute Care Hospitals
Hospitals providing acute care services such as emergency services and general medical and surgical treatment for acute disorders. Excludes long term and rehabilitation hospitals (e.g., Deer Lodge, Riverview) and special purpose facilities such as the Man... |
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Acute Conditions
Medical conditions characterized by severe symptoms and a short time frame. |
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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
An acute clinical syndrome due to inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle, including unstable angina, non ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and ST segment elevation infarction. |
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Acute Disease
A disease that is characterized by a sudden onset, a sharp rise, and short course. |
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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (EMA)
A neurological disorder characterized by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, which often occurs after a viral infection but may appear following a vaccination. |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Also known as a heart attack, a myocardial infarction occurs when the heart muscle (the myocardium) experiences sudden (acute) deprivation of circulating blood. The interruption of blood is usually caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries leading to a... |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Rates
The number of hospitalizations or deaths due to acute myocardial infarction (also known as heart attack) expressed as a rate per 1,000 residents aged 40 and older during two 5-year periods. Please read the Ac... |
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Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II)
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), is a severity-of-disease classification system calculated using information (values of 12 clinical measurements) from the first 24 hours after admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). This s... |
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