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Age Cohort
see Birth Cohort / Age Cohort . |
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Age Dependency Ratio
Statistics Canada defined, in the 1986 census, it as the ratio of the number of people within a region aged 65 years or older to the number of people aged 15-64 years within the same region. |
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Age Group
A defined age group is often part of the eligibility criteria for a research study. Selecting eligible age groups for a study depends upon the research question and the available data. For example, for certain disease categories, the event may be rare in... |
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Age-Adjusted
Statistical rates that are adjusted for age to allow populations with different age profiles to be compared. See Adjusted Rates glossary term for more information. |
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Age-Adjusted Mortality
Age-adjusted mortality is an indicator of death rates across the population, adjusted so that comparisons can be made across provinces with different population structures. It is usually measured per 1,000,000 population and is used as an indicator of hea... |
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Age-Adjusted Rate
See Age-Adjusted glossary term. |
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Age-Appropriate Grade Placement
In Manitoba, age-appropriate grade placement depends on both the month and year in which a child is born. Currently, for a child to be age-appropriately placed in Grade 1, the child must turn 6 by December 31st of their Grade 1 year. The age-appropriate ... |
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Age-Specific Mortality Rate
The number of deaths in a particular age group in a given region, divided by the number of persons in that age group in that region. |
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Age-Standardized
See Age-Adjusted and Adjusted Rates. |
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Aggregate Regions
Aggregate geographical areas that encompass one or more Regional Health Authority (RHA). These regions include Winnipeg, Brandon, Rural South, Mid, and North. |
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Aggregated Diagnosis Groups ™ (ADGs®)
Formerly known as Ambulatory Diagnostic Groups, Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (ADGs) continue to be part of the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Group® (ACG®) case-mix system. The ACG System groups every ICD-9 and ICD-10 diagnosis code assigned to a ... |
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Aging in Place
A strategy implemented by Manitoba Health to expand the types of support available to older adults, so that the type of care they receive is best matched to their needs. As a major component of this strategy, the extent of support and assistance people re... |
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AHFS
acronym for American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification System |
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Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)
A criterion used to measure the relative goodness of fit of a statistical model (i.e. how well a model fits the observed data). Given a particular dataset, potential models can be ranked according to their AIC values in order for one to be selected. |
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Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (ACR)
The Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (ACR) is used to measure the results of a lab test for proteinuria related to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Using the Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM) - Chemistry Data (** s... |
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Albuminuria
The most common kind of proteinuria, characterized by high levels of albumin (protein) in the urine (KDIGO, 2012; Miller & Keane, 2003). |
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ALC
acronym for Alternate Level of Care (ALC) |
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ALC (Alternate Level of Care) Days of Hospital Care
The number of days in hospital the patient was designated as alternate level of care (ALC). This can be the entire length of stay, or only a portion of the hospital stay (Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), 2010). |
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ALC (Alternate Level of Care) Hospitalization
Hospitalizations that include some portion of the length of stay designated as alternate level of care (ALC). Note that patients can be admitted as ALC, or can change designation from acute care to ALC (Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), 20... |
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ALC (Alternate Level of Care) Reason Code
In Manitoba there are five major categories (each with additional detailed codes) of ALC Reason Codes for why a patient is designated as ALC, and each patient can be assigned up to three ALC Reason Codes in one hospitalization. The major category codes ar... |
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