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1. Facility Fee
A fee charged by private clinics to patients for overhead and support services; also called "tray fee". As of January 1, 1999, such extra billing is prohibited by the Surgical Facilities Regulation. This fee is now paid by the Manitoba Government.
2. Factor Analysis
A statistical procedure that identifies the common variance amongst a set of observed variables (i.e., indicators), and creates a factor (i.e., index) comprised of that common variance. The factor scores are calculated with a linear equation that incorpor...
3. Factors Associated With Readmission
A series of logistic regression analyses were performed to determine which of a number of factors were related to hospital readmission within 30 days, based on the investigation and findings of previous studies (Battistella, Torabian, & Siadatan, 1997; Ca...
4. Failed
For students who wrote a standards exam, an outcome of "failed" was assigned for a mark between 0 and 49.9%.
5. Falls
Generally associated with ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in the range E880 to E888.
6. Families First
Families First offers home visiting supports to families with children, from pregnancy to school entry. NOTE: In 2003, the screen and the home visiting program changed names from BabyFirst to Families First to better reflect a family-centered ap...
7. Families First Screen (FFS) / Screening Form
A brief measure of biological, social, and demographic risk factors. Public Health Nurses in Manitoba attempt to assess all families with newborns within a week of discharge from the hospital. Families are asked about supports and challenges, including pa...
8. Families First Screening (FFS) Data
Social data maintained by Healthy Child Manitoba (HCM) that contains information about biological, social, and demographic risk factors that Manitoba families with children may be exposed to. The screen captures all families that have agreed to participat...
9. Family Physician (FP) / Family Physicians
Physicians who operate a family practice and are not certified in another specialty in Manitoba. Such physicians are identified by a code in MCHP's physician data. Previously referred to as a General Practitioner (GP) or Family Practitioner (FP), thes...
10. Family Physician With Non-Ambulatory Care Focus
Practitioners who focus their practice (i.e., 70% or more of billings) on serving hospital patients (e.g., surgical assistants or inpatients) and/or nursing home residents.
11. Family Practitioner
Physician specialty of general practice or primary care, as recorded in the physician supply database which identifies the physician specialty classification. NOTE: The term "Family Practitioner" is no longer being used in MCHP research. The t...
12. Family Receiving Provincial Income Assistance (IA)
All children living within a family unit that was receiving income assistance (IA) were identified. Once children turn 18 years of age they are no longer considered dependents and may thereafter apply for their own income assistance. The crude and adjust...
13. Family Registration Number (REGNO) / (REGNO_CODE)
See Registration Number (REGNO) / (REGNO_CODE) glossary term.
14. Family Relief
Care provided at home for short periods during the week; provides relief to family caregivers to permit them time to shop, attend to business or to obtain needed rest. Such care is not available to licensed/approved family care/boarding care/guest homes.
15. Family Size
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg The number of individuals in a family according to the Manitoba Health Registry (REGNO). T...
16. Family Stress Checklist (FSC)
In the second stage of the BabyFirst screening process, families scoring "at-risk" on the BabyFirst Screen are assessed for caregiving difficulties by public health nurses with a semi-structured interview known as the Family Stress Checklist. Families sco...
17. Family Structure, Registry
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg The structure of a family was derived from the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry data us...
18. Family-managed Care
Modeled after the self-managed care program. Started on a trial basis in 1997/98.
19. FAS
acronym for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
20. Feasibility Study
Also known as pilot studies, these are used to help researchers determine whether or not to proceed with a new research project. For more information, please see the
21. Fee Schedule
A schedule of the fee(s) payable for each specific service provided by a physician.
22. Fee-For-Service (FFS)
A method of payment whereby physicians bill for each service rendered, according to a pre-arranged schedule of fees and services. Physicians who are paid on a fee-for-service basis file a claim for each service rendered and are responsible for their oper...
23. Fee-For-Service (FFS) Model of Primary Care
Over 80% of primary care services within Winnipeg are provided by independent, fee-for-service (FFS), primary care providers. While some FFS clinics participate in the Physician Integrated Network (PIN) in...
24. Female Life Expectancy
Female life expectancy is the expected length of life from birth for females, and is calculated based on the average annual mortality in the population. Life expectancy values are not age-adjusted, but calculated directly from the mortality experience of...
25. Fertility Rate
The number of live births in an area during a year per 1000 women of childbearing age for that year, defined as the midyear female population age 15-44 in the same area for the same year.
26. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
A term that describes a wide range of effects that can occur in an individual who was exposed to alcohol during pregnancy (Chudley et al., 2005). Some of these effects last a lifetime and may include physical, mental, behavioural, and cognitive disabiliti...
27. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
FAS was defined as the presence of ICD-9-CM code 760.71 (fetal alcohol syndrome) in hospital discharge abstracts or Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS) data. These administrative data sources seem to significantly under-count the number of...
28. Fetal Distress
"Evidence that the fetus is in jeopardy, such as a change in fetal activity or heart rate." (Olds SB et al., 2004). In Heaman et al. (2012), a woman was considered to have had a newborn with fetal distress if the ICD-10-CA code of O68 was present.
29. Fetal Malpresentation
Presenting of the fetus to the lower pole of the uterus during childbirth in a position other than cephalic (head end of the body). Malpresentations strictly include breech and shoulder presentation (transverse lie), but can also incorporate face and brow...
30. FFS
FFS is an acronym for: Fee-For-Service (FFS); and Families First Screening (FFS) Data.
31. First Degree Relatives
A first degree relative is a family member who shares about 50 percent of their genes with a particular individual in a family. First degree relatives include parents, off spring, and siblings.
32. First Generation
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg Also known as "international migrants" or "foreign-born", this refers to the first generati...
33. First Nation / First Nations
Indigenous peoples in Canada who are legally referred to as "Indians" in the Constitution Act 1982, s.35. In Manitoba, First Nation peoples include the Cree, Dakota (Assiniboine), Dakota, Anishinaabe, Anishininew, and Dene (see the
34. First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB)
A branch of Indigenous Services Canada that "works with numerous partners to carry out many activities aimed at helping people stay healthy and promoting wellness". They "fund or deliver " community-based health promotion and disease prevention pro
35. First Nations Community
In Katz et al. (2019), First Nations Community refers to the 63 identified First Nations in Manitoba and includes both status and non-status residents on reserve. The federal Indian Act (1876) specifies that First Nation communities or nations of Indigeno...
36. First Nations Schools
These are schools located in Manitoba that are operated by the First Nations communities in which they are located. Because First Nations schools come under federal jurisdiction, they are not required to submit enrolment or assessment data to the provinci...
37. First Official Language Spoken
A derived variable from Statistics Canada that refers to whether a person first learned English or French (the two official languages). It also takes into account the mother tongue and the language spoken most often at home. ( Source: See Statist...
38. First Order Family Members
See First Degree Relatives glossary term.
39. First-Line Therapy
A synonym for the "step-up" approach to prescribing.
40. FIS
acronym for Manitoba Health Financial Information System (FIS)
41. Fiscal Year (FY)
For most Canadian government agencies and health care institutions, the fiscal year is defined as starting April 1 and ending the following year at March 31. For example, the 2005/06 fiscal year would be April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006, inclusive and may...
42. Fixed Costs
See Fixed Expenditures.
43. Fixed Expenditures
Costs that are constant (the same amount) and regular (e.g. monthly) in nature. Fixed expenditures include supplies, food, plant operations, administration and housekeeping. Also known as Fixed Costs.
44. Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances
One of six diagnostic quality indicators (QIs). Events of fluid and electrolyte imbalances were counted using the ICD-9-CM code 276 in both the medical services/physician claims and the hospital discharge abstracts data. Events of this QI include disorder...
45. Focus Group
A method of data collection in which a small group of individuals is brought together to discuss their opinions about topics, issues, or questions. In this study, the focus groups involved family physicians who discussed their opinions regarding the valid...
46. Follow-up
The process of determining whether a member of a known cohort / population is in fact resident and eligible for Manitoba health care coverage for the entire duration of a study or until death.
47. Food Insecurity - (CCHS Survey Data)
The inability to have access to an adequate supply of food or the fear that one may soon have an inadequate food supply. It can arise due to poverty or natural or man-made disasters. Individuals do not have to be starving to be food insecure, simply livin...
48. Forced Migration / Unvoluntary Migration
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg Forced (or unvoluntary) migration occurs when people do not choose to move, and are coerced...
49. Forceps
"Obstetric instrument occasionally used to aid in childbirth." (Olds SB et al., 2004).
50. Formulary
A list of drugs covered by each drug program (or carrier): the Provincial Pharmacare Program, the Nursing Home Drug Program, and the Department of Family Services Drug Benefits Program. Each carrier can have different formularies, and they are subject to ...
51. FP
acronym for Family Physician (FP)
52. Fracture
A crack or split as result of force, most often occurring in bone or cartilage.
53. Fragile Infant
A live-born infant with an extremely low birth weight (less than 500 grams) or an extremely short gestational age (less than 20 or 22 weeks). Survival rates of these infants may be unstable compared to other live-born infants.
54. Français (FL1) Program
Refers to the stream of educational instruction in Manitoba in which the language of instruction is in French. Since 1994, the programs have all been operated within the Division scolaire franco-manitobaine (DSFM). IMPORTANT NOTE: This pr...
55. Francisation
An intensive educational intervention offered by the Division scolaire franco-manitobaine (DSFM) to improve the french language skills of students. "Francisation interventions are designed to provide the students with knowledge and oral and written langua...
56. Francophone
A commonly used definition for the term Francophone is an individual who reported French as their mother tongue, who reported that French was the first official language spoken, or who reported that French was the language most commonly used in their home...
57. Francophone Manitobans Cohort
This term describes a group of Francophone Manitobans that were defined and identified using the MCHP Data Repository for research purposes. This cohort was studied extensively in the deliverable Health and Healthcare Utilization of Francophones i...
58. Free-Standing Personal Care Home (PCH)
A Personal Care Home (PCH) that is not juxtaposed to another healthcare facility.
59. French-Immersion (FL2) School Program
A second language program designed for children whose first language is not French and who have little or no knowledge of French prior to entering the program. Also known as FL2. ( Source: Curriculum Policy for the French Immersion Program. Winni...
60. Frequency of Binge Drinking
This is a measure of how often a person binge drinks (has five or more drinks on one occasion). In the CCHS, participants were asked, "During the past 12 months, have you had a drink of beer, wine, liquor or any other alcoholic beverage?", and those ...
61. Frequency of Having Five or More Drinks with Alcohol - (CCHS Survey Data)
See the term Frequency of Binge Drinking for more information.
62. Frequency of Hospitalization
Represents the total number of hospitalizations for all residents in an area, not the number of individuals hospitalized. Includes both short and long stay patients (out-patient surgery cases are included with short-stay patients). For example, one resi...
63. Frequency of ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Use
Represents the population's use of intensive care units (ICUs).
64. Frequency of Physical Activity
Classifies Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) respondents based on their average monthly frequency of physical activities lasting more than 15 minutes over a three-month period. The categories are regularly (>=12 times), occasionally (>= 4 and < 12),...
65. Frequent Binge Drinking
See the term Frequency of Binge Drinking for more information.
66. From Codes
Used to identify where someone is last located upon admission to a facility such as a PCH. From codes include: from hospital, from community, from other.
67. From Community
A category describing admission to a PCH where the patient location at time of admission is from the community (i.e. personal dwelling).
68. From Hospital
A category describing admission to a PCH within 7 days of a separation from hospital.
69. From Other
A category describing the admission to a PCH as individuals admitted from Mental Health Centres or which were unspecified in the PCH data.
70. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption - (CCHS Survey Data)
Measures the number of times fruits and vegetables are consumed on a daily basis, or frequency, without any regard to amount or "serving size".
71. FSC
acronym for Family Stress Checklist (FSC) .
72. FTE
acronym for Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
73. FTE / FP
acronym for Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) per Family Physician (FP)
74. Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
Standard measure of physician workload established by Health Canada that uses physician claims to quantify their practice relative to what is considered a full load and results in a single value for each physician. "Full-time" physicians (FTE=1) are thos...
75. Full Time Equivalent (FTE) - Workload
The workload version of FTE relates to the Health Canada FTE methodology, but calculates the average number of visits for those physicians whose full time equivalence=1 (earnings are between the 40th and 60th percentile). The FTE for one particular physi...
76. Full Time Equivalent per Family Physician (FTE / FP)
A measure of average workload for a group, cohort or population of physicians, to mean the average number of Full Time Equivalents (FTE) a physician would work, as if all physicians worked exactly the same full time equivalents or workloads.
77. Full-Scope Physician
A full-time Winnipeg FP who submits fee-for-service and/or evaluation claims, 30 per cent or more of the total dollar value of their billings are attributable to ambulatory care visits, and their Herfindahl Index score is 0.1410 or less.
78. Full-Time Physician
Any practicing Winnipeg FP whose FTE value is one or more.
79. Functional Limitations
The reduced ability of someone to carry out activities of daily living (eg. eating, grooming, bathing), the presence of medical conditions, and social functioning, which includes one's perceived health status, role limitations, restricted activity days, a...
80. Functional Limitations Indicators
A set of indicators for describing rates associated with different types of diagnoses related to functional limitations or restricted activity, including: musculoskeletal, other respiratory, other heart, cerebrovascular, ischemic heart disease, other gast...
81. Funding Formula
A formula that is used to determine how much money a region will receive from the government for providing health services. Mustard and Derksen (1997) developed a needs-based funding formula for the Regional Health Authorities, based on a region's case m...
82. Fundoscopy
An examination of the back part of the eyeball (fundus), which includes the retina, optic disc, choroids, and blood vessels. Also known as Ophthalmoscopy.
83. FY
acronym for Fiscal Year (FY)

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