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Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate (BGTD)
The federal authority in Canada that regulates biological drugs (products derived from living sources)and radiopharmaceuticals (drugs containing a radioactive compound) for human use. See |
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Birth Cohort / Age Cohort
Also known as age cohort, birth cohort is defined by birth in a particular year, or a range of birth years. |
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Birth Cohort Registry Database
A longitudinal cohort registry of Manitoba residents born between 1979 to 1989 (inclusive), developed by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) using the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry, hospital discharge abstracts, and census databases. Child, ... |
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Birth Complications
See Complications of Labour and Delivery . |
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Birth Date
The date a person is born, identifying the month, day and year of birth. |
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Birth order
The order a child is born in their family, for example first-born or second born.
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Birth Rate
The age-adjusted rate of births per 1,000 women was calculated for females age 15-45 for two different time periods (fiscal years 2011/12 and 2016/17) for comparison. Births were defined as live births coded in Manitoba hospital abstracts with ICD–10–... |
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Birth Trauma: Injury to Neonate
Birth trauma is an injury to a newborn during birth. Birth trauma includes subdural and cerebral hemorrhage; fracture of long bones or skull; injury to spine and spinal cord; phrenic nerve paralysis; eye damage; hematoma of liver (subcapsular), testes, vu... |
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Birth Weight
The weight of a newborn as recorded at birth, usually measured in grams. |
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Blended Funding
A mix of two or more payment methods, such as capitation supplemented with fee-for-service or salary components. |
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Blended Rate
A method used by Hospital Medical Records Institute (HMRI) to adjust its cost per case for Alternate Level of Care (ALC) patients in short term units. |
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Block Care
The combined scheduling of direct service resources where a number of Home Care clients are situated in close physical proximity (e.g. elderly persons housing unit, senior housing complexes). |
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Blood Sugar Screening
A test done to measure the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Our data do not allow us to differentiate between fasting and random blood sugar tests, or between tests for screening or disease monitoring purposes. These are identified by the physician... |
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BMI
acronym for Body Mass Index (BMI) . |
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Boarder Baby
A newborn who does not require acute care, but is in hospital because the mother is ill. A boarder baby either remains in hospital after birth until the mother is discharged, or is later admitted to hospital to stay with the mother. |
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Boarder Mother
A woman who has recently given birth, is well, and has completed her acute care, but is in hospital because her newborn is ill. A boarder mother may remain in hospital until the newborn is discharged, be transferred or later admitted to hospital to stay w... |
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Body Mass Index (BMI)
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a statistical measure used to classify and compare individuals according to their height and weight. BMI is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in metres) squared and, typically, ranges from 15 to 45. |
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Bollen's Normed Index (Rho1)
Incremental measure of goodness of fit for a statistical model, the normed index (also known as relative fit index) is similar to Normed Fit Index with the exception that the fit is affected by each additional parameter or variable in the model (Widaman K... |
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Bone Mineral Density (BMD) Data
The Manitoba Bone Mineral Density (BMD) data contains demographic and clinical data on all bone mineral density testing performed within the Manitoba Bone Density Program. For more information on Bone Mineral Density (BMD) data, see the: |
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Bonferroni Adjustments
See Bonferroni Method glossary term. |
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