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Days of Home Care Service Received
See Home Care, Days of Service Received glossary term. |
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Days of Hospital Care
The total number of days of hospital care used by all residents of a given region within a specified time period. |
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Days of Medication Therapy
Two estimated average days of medication therapy are available: Number of Defined Daily Doses (DDD) per user-year and Number of Prescribed Daily Doses (PDD) per user-year. |
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Days Open of Home Care
The total number of days an individual receives home care services. Start and end dates of home care use are used for this calculation. |
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DDD
acronym for Defined Daily Dose (DDD) |
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De-Identified Data
See De-Identified Individual Level Information glossary term. |
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De-identified Individual Level Information
"De-identified Individual Level Information means information about an individual that has been modified or from which identifying or potentially identifying information has been removed in a way that minimizes the likelihood that an individual's identity... |
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Death
See Mortality. |
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Death in Low Mortality Medical CMGs
This is the number of in-hospital deaths among patients in medical Case Mix Groups (CMGs)™ with an expected mortality rate of less than 1% based on the CIHI Benchmarking database. Examples of diagnoses within these CMGs include viral meningitis, seizur... |
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Death in Low Mortality Surgical CMGs
This is the number of in-hospital deaths among patients in surgical Case Mix Groups (CMGs)™ with an expected mortality rate of less than 1% based on the CIHI Benchmarking database. Examples of procedures within these CMGs include: ventricular shunt rev... |
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Death Rates
Mortality rates for all causes of death, calculated separately for males and females for all ages. |
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Death Record
See Record of Death. |
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Decision Tree Analysis (DTA)
A statistical approach used to understand how several variables interact to place people or objects into pre-defined groups. Output from DTA is typically presented as a decision tree. At each branch of this tree an outcome is provided (i.e., based on a co... |
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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
A deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot (thrombus) that develops in a deep vein, usually in the leg. This can happen if the vein is damaged or if the flow of blood slows down or stops. DVTs can occur if a patient experiences prolonged bed-rest or surgery w... |
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Defined Daily Dose (DDD)
One of four measures of intensity of pharmaceutical use, defined daily dose (DDD) is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug product when used for its major indication in everyday practice. It standardizes the measurement of drug utilizati... |
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Delayed Childbearing
Women aged 35 and older giving birth for the first time. |
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Dementia
Dementia is a group of illnesses that involve memory, behavior, learning, and communication problems. The problems are progressive, which means they get worse overtime (Fransoo et al., 2013). For more information see: National Institute of ... |
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Dementia Prevalence
The percent of residents aged 55 and older with dementia, including organic psychotic conditions, cerebral degenerations, and senility, over two 5-year periods. See the Dementia concept for the operational defi... |
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Demographic Data
Personal characteristics of members of a population or study sample, including age and gender. |
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Demographic Profile
One of 6 major categories of the Health Status Indicators, dividing the population of Manitoba by age. |
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