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Bonferroni Method
A statistical method that adjusts the significance level when multiple comparisons are made. |
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Booster
An additional dose of a vaccine after an earlier dose, re-exposing the person to the immunizing antigen and increasing immunity against the antigen. |
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Bootstrapping
Bootstrapping is a statistical "... technique for estimating the variance and the bias of an estimator by repeatedly drawing random samples with replacement from the observations at hand. One applies the estimator to each sample drawn, thus obtaining a se... |
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Bottom-up Costing
See Micro-Costing . |
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Breast Cancer Incidence
Breast cancer incidence is the rate per 100,000 individuals with a new diagnosis of invasive breast cancer in a time period. Breast cancer is identified by ICD-O-3 topography axis codes C500-C509. |
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Breast Cancer Screening
Mammography is a commonly used procedure in breast cancer screening to determine if a woman has breast cancer or a breast tumor. Manitoba's breast screening program, now called BreastCheck, is operated by CancerCare Manitoba's Breast Screening Pro... |
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Breast Screening Data – CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB)
The Breast Screening data, maintained by CancerCare Manitoba, contains details on breast screening services (mammograms) provided by CCMB, including date of service and screening result, and client-related demographic data, including birth date, sex and p... |
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Breast Surgery
Mastectomy is the surgical removal of the entire breast, usually to treat serious breast disease, such as breast cancer. Lumpectomy (breast conserving surgery) involves the removal of a malignant tumor and the surrounding margin of normal breast tissue; ... |
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Breastfeeding
Any live born newborn hospitalization (newborn hospitalizations are defined with ICD-9-CM codes V30 to V39) indicating partial or exclusive breastfeeding initiation. NOTE: Since April 1, 1987, breastfeeding initiation can be derived from the new... |
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Breastfeeding Duration Rate
In Brownell et al. (2001), breastfeeding duration (how long a baby was breastfed) rates are based on National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) 1996 survey data for Manitoba , where the length of breastfeeding was reported by the mother fo... |
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Breastfeeding Initiation
Breastfeeding initiation starts when a mother begins to feed her infant milk from her breast. Breastfeeding initiation is identified as any live born newborn hospitalization (newborn hospitalizations are defined with ICD-9-CM codes V30 to V39 or ICD-10-C... |
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Breastfeeding Initiation Rate
The percentage / ratio of live born babies born in a Manitoba hospital with a Manitoba postal code or municipality code who were exclusively or partially breast fed (information recorded on the hospital discharge abstract), to the number of live born babi... |
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Breech Birth
The birth of a baby from a breech presentation. For more information, see the Breech Presentation glossary term. In Heaman et al. (2012), a breech birth was defined by the presence of one or more of the... |
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Breech Presentation
"A birth in which the buttocks and/or feet are presented instead of the head." (Olds SB et al., 2004). |
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Bronchitis
Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. |
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BTI
acronym for Baseline Test Index (BTI) |
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Burns Registry Data
The Burns Registry data contains clinical data on individuals treated in the adult and children Burn Units at the WRHA's Health Sciences Centre. This includes patient demographics and characteristics; cause, circumstance and site of injury; clinical meas... |
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Bypass Surgery
See the Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) / Surgery glossary term. |
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Bypass Surgery Rate - CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft)
The rate of surgeries performed per 1,000 area residents age 40+. For a list of ICD-9-CM and CCI procedure codes, please see the Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) / Surgery glossary term. |
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