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Enrollment / Enrolment
The term enrollment, which can also be spelled enrolment, generally refers to registration in a specific program, or a class or grade in school. NOTE: The reason for this glossary term is because both spellings have been used in the data / var... |
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Enrollment, Marks and Assessments (STS/ICAB) Data
Enrollment, Marks and Assessment (STS/ICAB) data provides information on enrollment, courses, marks, standard tests, assessments, graduation status, level of funding, and demographics for Manitoba students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. NOTE: ST... |
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Enumeration Area (EA)
"An enumeration area is the geographic area canvassed by one census representative. An EA is composed of one or more adjacent blocks. EAs cover all the territory of Canada. Enumeration areas are only used for census data collection. ... |
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Envelope System
A hospital funding approach that utilizes a single pool or envelope of money for all related services, and funding is based on the relative cost effectiveness of the service / activity. |
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Epidemic
An outbreak of a disease that affects many people simultaneously, at a frequency higher than expected. |
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Epidemiology
The study of the transmission and control of disease, and of the health status of a population. |
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Epidural Anesthesia
Injection of a local anesthetic into the peridural space of the spinal cord beneath the ligamentum flavum. Often given during labour to provide pain relief. ( Source: modified from http... |
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Epiglottitis
Inflammation of the epiglottis. |
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Episode
A single person receiving one or more services in a given modality on a single day. |
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Episode of Hospital Care
The number of hospital separations that occur in a given region, excluding patient transfers between hospitals. |
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Episodes Of Care
Defined as a continuous time in a hospital or an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), irrespective of direct transfers between hospitals and/or ICUs. |
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Episodes Of Drug Therapy
Some indicators of exposure (epidemiology) and appropriateness require a measure of continuous time on drug therapy. Depending on the study drug or drug class, an algorithm linking dispensing dates together and then counting total "time on therapy" is ac... |
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Equity
"Equity in health care requires that patients who are alike in relevant respects be treated in like fashion and that patients who are unlike in relevant respects be treated in appropriately unlike fashion." (Culyer, 2001). |
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Equivalent Approach to Patient Assignment
This method distributes patient assignments across all physician practices visited. |
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Equivalent Services Measure (ESM)
A standardized measure of service provision that enables researchers to use tariff codes over time regardless of any changes in the fee associated with them. The ESM is a numerical value standardized based on the dollar value of a tariff in 2004 or the mo... |
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Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the failure of the penis to achieve rigid erection; it is the more widely accepted medical term for impotence. ED prevalence is the percentage of male residents age 40+ who received at least one prescription for erectile dysfu... |
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Estimate Statement
See Generalized Linear Model (GLM) glossary term. |
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Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) is a measurement used to assess kidney function. It estimates the flow rate of fluid filtered through the kidneys. Predictive models have been developed for the relationship between serum creatinine and eGFR. Cr... |
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Estimated ICU Admission Pool (EIAP)
A factor designed for this report (Garland et al., 2012) to estimate the number of critically ill people in that year who "should" have been admitted to a high-intensity Intensive Care Unit (ICU). It is calculated by summing the number of p... |
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Ethnic Group
A group of people sharing a common and unique racial, religious, linguistic, national or cultural heritage. |
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