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Geriatric Assessment
The process of evaluating such characteristics as a senior citizen's medical history, functional limitations, and judgment. |
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Gestation
"Period of intrauterine development from conception through birth; pregnancy." (Olds SB et al., 2004). |
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Gestational Age
Gestational age is approximated from the age of a newborn infant from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period to birth and is often reported in weeks of gestation. The average gestational age of a newborn is 37 weeks. |
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Gestational Diabetes
"A form of diabetes of variable severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy." (Olds SB et al., 2004). |
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Ghost Billing
See Shadow Billing. |
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Gini Coefficient
The Gini coefficient is a measure of disparity in a population. For more information, please read the Gini Coefficient concept. |
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GLM
acronym for Generalized Linear Model (GLM) |
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Global Billing
A single claim for a fixed-fee global tariff that covers all care related to a particular procedure, over a particular period of time, such as the six-week post-operative care period, examinations associated with other procedures (e.g. injections of chemo... |
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Global Fee
The fixed-fee that covers all care related to a particular procedure, over a particular period of time, such as the six-week post-operative care period. |
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Global Funding
A hospital funding approach in which block grants are provided to individual hospitals so that they may operate programs. |
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Gold Standard
A term used in medicine to define the single best test that can be used to identify whether an individual has a disease. |
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Gonorrhea
A sexually transmitted infection (STI) that, if left untreated, may increase the risk of contracting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (Chin, 2000; Dickerson et al., 1996), pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility in females or ure... |
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Good Coding Hospitals
Identifies hospitals that use service codes to identify the number of cases and days designated non-acute, compared to the number of long term Revenue days (chronic care, respite and paneled days) reported to Manitoba Health. If the ratio of the non-acute... |
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Goodness-of-Fit
How well a statistical model fits the actual data. Summary measures of goodness-of-fit are commonly known as test statistic (e.g. Chi-Square test statistic) and typically summarizes the differences between the observed values and the values expected under... |
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GP
acronym for General Practitioner (GP). NOTE: The term General Practitioner (GP) is no longer being used in MCHP research. The term Family Physician (FP) is now being used. |
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Grade 12 Provincial Exam Performance
Students in Grade 12 in Manitoba have been required to write provincial examinations in Language Arts (LA) and Mathematics since 1993. The current tests account for 30% of the students' final course mark, are curriculum-based, and mandatory for all studen... |
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Grade 12 Standards Tests / Achievement Tests
Grade 12 Standards Tests / Achievement Tests are provincial exams that Grade 12 students are required to write. Individual tests are written in Language Arts (LA) and Mathematics. The standards tests / achievement tests are curriculum-based and account fo... |
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Grade 3 Assessment in Numeracy
See Grade 3/4 Assessments glossary term. |
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Grade 3 Assessment in Reading
See Grade 3/4 Assessments glossary term. |
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Grade 3 Students with No School Changes
The number of times a student changed schools that was not part of an expected progression through the grades was counted. Expected progressions were identified when a student reached the highest grade of a school and the next year transferred to a differ... |
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