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Being a Witness of a Crime
Individuals who have had contact with the justice system and are identified using the Prosecutions Information and Scheduling Management (PRISM) database as having been a witness of a crime. A witness ... |
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Being Accused of a Crime
Individuals who have had contact with the justice system and are identified using the Prosecutions and Information and Scheduling Management (PRISM) database having been accused of a crime. |
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Being Taken into Care by Child and Family Services
Children who have been removed from the care of their original families because of a situation where authorities have deemed their family unable or unfit to look after them properly. In some cases, children are voluntarily placed into care by their parent... |
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Benchmark Specific Total
The benchmark total is the sum of hospital costs generated using the hospital CWC, the combined method of allocating outpatient expenditures, costs attributed using the personal care home addresses (excluding federal PCHs), and costs attributed to the loc... |
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Bentler and Bonnet's Normed Fit Index (NFI)
Also called Bentler-Bonett Normed Fit Index, NFI is an incremental measure of goodness of fit for a statistical model, which is not affected by the number of parameters/variables in the model. Goodness of fit is measured through a comparison of the model ... |
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Benzodiazepine DDDs of Users
This is a measure of the crude and adjusted average annual rate of benzodiazepine Defined Daily Dose (DDD) among residents aged 16 and older with at least one prescription for benzodiazepines. DDDs were calculated only for solid forms of the drug, such ... |
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Benzodiazepine Prescribing for Residents of Personal Care Homes (PCH)
The percent of PCH residents 75 and older who had at least two prescriptions for benzodiazepines (ATC codes N05BA, N05CD, N05CF, and N03AE01) or at least one prescription for benzodiazepines with a greater than 30 day supply dispensed. PCHs with hospital-... |
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Benzodiazepine Prescriptions
This is a measure of the crude and adjusted percentage of residents aged 16 and older with at least one prescription for benzodiazepines in a fiscal year. Chronic prevalence was defined as at least three prescriptions in a fiscal year. Please s... |
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Benzodiazepine Prescriptions to Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This measures the crude percentage of seniors aged 75 and older who had at least two prescriptions for benzodiazepines or at least one prescription for benzodiazepines with a greater than 30 day supply, measured annually for three fiscal years. NOT... |
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Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines belong to the group of medicines called central nervous system (CNS) depressants. They are used to slow down the nervous system and are typically classified as having short, intermediate or a long-acting half-life, to reflect how long thes... |
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Beta 2-Agonist
A group of drugs that is used as a first line treatment to alleviate asthma symptoms. These are identified by the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) drug classification codes: R03AA, R03AB, and R03AC. |
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Beta-Blocker
Also known as beta-adrenergic blocking agents, these drugs are used to reduce blood pressure and have been shown to lower the risk of subsequent heart attacks. These are identified by the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) drug classification codes: C... |
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BFS
acronym for BabyFirst Screening (BFS) . |
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Bilingual
A person who speaks two languages. In Chartier et al. (2012), it refers to people who speak French and English. |
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Billing Numbers
A unique number provided by Manitoba Health to a physician, so that the physician can make claims and bill the government for services they provide. |
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Binge Drinking
Binge drinking is commonly defined in the social sciences as having five or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion. According to Health Canada, binge drinking is linked to motor vehicle accidents, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and other health issues... |
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Binomial Distribution
A discrete probability distribution appropriate for analyzing count data when an event can have only two possible outcomes (Rosner, 1995). |
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Biological Children at Enrolment Form
The Biological Children at Enrolment form is a one-page form used in the Insight Mentoring Program that collects information on previously born children other than the target child upon program entry. The data collected includes each child’s birthdate, ... |
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Biological mother of a child
A woman who has conceived the child and whose genes are therefore transmitted to the child...
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Biological Sensitivity to Context
See Differential Susceptibility Hypothesis. |
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