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CancerCare Manitoba
Health services organization responsible for cancer prevention, detection, care, research and education throughout Manitoba. Previously called the Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation (MCTRF). |
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Manitoba residents who have not contacted Manitoba Health nor accessed any healthcare services within the province for over one year, such as going to the doctor or hospital or filling a prescription, may have their healthcare coverage in the Manitoba Hea... |
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Capitation Funding
A per capita method of funding for health services. It may be narrowly implemented as a compensation plan for physicians where the amount of revenue a practice receives is based on an amount paid per patient (capitation fee) times the number of patients t... |
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Capitation System
see Capitation Funding |
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Capped Funding
A funding system for physicians in which physicians are given a lump sum of money by the single payer (most often the government), and are expected to remain within budget. |
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Capture Rate
A hospital-based measure of the proportion of area residents hospitalized during the period who received treatment in the identified hospital. This measure allows an assessment of the degree to which a hospital provides service to its population. Also ref... |
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Capture-Recapture Method
"A method estimating the size of a target population or a subset of this population that uses overlapping and presumably incomplete but intersecting sets of data about that population. Though the capture-recapture methods have some limitations, they are u... |
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Cardiac Care Network of Ontario
Formerly called the Provincial Adult Cardiac Care Network, it oversees the provision of adult cardiac services in Ontario using a centralized, computerized information system. It also advises the provincial health ministry on all matters related to these ... |
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Cardiac Catheterization (Diagnostic Angiogram)
The most accurate method for evaluating and defining ischemic heart disease (IHD), also known as coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac catheterization is used to identify the location and severity of CAD. The images that are produced by the prodecure are... |
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Cardiac Revascularization
This indicator combines the rates of three procedures: balloon angioplasty, cardiac stent insertion, and cardiac bypass surgery (though virtually all angioplasties are now accompanied by a stent insertion). Cardiac revascularization surgeries were define... |
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Cardiac Surgical Database
The Cardiac Surgical Database contains data on cardiac surgical procedures performed at the Health Sciences Centre (HSC) and St. Boniface General Hospital. The database includes data on patient history, admission, pre-operative, procedures and post-opera... |
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Cardiac Waiting List Data (Cardiaccess Registry)
A satellite unit of the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario, the WRHA Cardiaccess registry for cardiac surgery was created to monitor patients waiting for cardiac procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and valve surgery. |
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Cardiaccess Registry
The wait time and access database of the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario. |
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Cardiaccess Registry Database
An administrative health database containing information on pending Manitoba cardiac surgery patients. It monitors patients waiting for cardiac procedures, such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and valve surgery. Patients are entered into the databa... |
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Cardiovascular Comorbidity
Using the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification, persons were classified by increased level of cardiovascular comorbidity on the basis of receiving at least one medication for the following categories of conditions: cardiovascular; cardiov... |
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Cardiovascular Disease
A cardiovascular condition is defined on the basis of ICD-9-CM diagnoses codes or prescription drug use for the condition. For any cardiovascular condition: The diagnosis-based definition is at least one hospitalization or physician visit ove... |
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Care Level
A level of functional status indicating the type of care required for a Home Care client. This is usually determined at time of initial assessment and then reassessed at regular intervals during care provision. |
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Care Management Technologies (CMT)
Care Management Technologies (CMT) is a behavioral health analytics company headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina in the United States of America. They specialize in using claims data to make predictions about future health events, and also have de... |
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Carotid Endarterectomy
Also called carotid artery surgery, it is the surgical removal of plaque from the carotid artery, to improve blood flow to the brain. Defined using ICD-9-CM procedure code 3812. |
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Carpal Tunnel Release
Surgical release of pressure on the nerve in the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Defined using ICD-9-CM procedure code 0443. |
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