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High Risk Children / High Risk Youths
High risk children are defined as those whose family experienced poverty, who grew up with teen mothers, or who had contact with the child welfare system. |
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High School Completion / Graduation
Level of educational attainment where the individual has completed high school (completed grade 12). Graduated students are identified by three different criteria: a graduation flag in the "Year End Status" variable in th... |
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High School Completion Rates Within Six Years of Grade 9
This measures the rate of high school completion / graduation within six years of starting grade nine. A high school graduate is defined as a student who accumulated 28 or more high school course credits during high school (see NOTE below regarding... |
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High School Graduation
see High School Completion / Graduation glossary term. |
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High Variation Medical Conditions
Conditions, such as pneumonia, gastroenteritis and chronic obstructive lung disease, for which highly variable admission rates have been consistently demonstrated. |
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High-Dimensional Propensity Score (HDPS)
A High-Dimensional Propensity Score (HDPS) is a probability score between zero and one typically obtained from a logistic regression model that reflects the likelihood of the outcome regressed, be it the likelihood of belonging to a group or having a dise... |
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High-pressure Level
The level at which the hospital system is strained to the limit: enough beds aren't available and backups occur. Statistically defined as the mean + two standard deviations. Any Inpatient Census figures above this level are highly unusual and cause for co... |
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High-pressure Period
The weeks during which the number of inpatients exceed the number of available beds. |
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High-Volume Periods
The weeks during which the average daily number of inpatients rose above the mean plus one standard deviation for at least two consecutive weeks. |
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Hip Fracture
A break or rupture in the cortex of bone the femur bone (typically the top part where it connects to the pelvis). The most common types are: femoral neck fractures, intertrochanteric fractures and subtrochanteric fractures. See |
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Hip Fracture Hospitalization Rate
This indicator reports hospitalization rates for hip fracture (ICD-9-CM code 820) among residents age 40+, during a five year period. In the overwhelming majority of cases, residents experiencing hip fracture will be hospitalized, but it remains possible ... |
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Hip Fracture Repair
Surgical repair for a hip fracture. ICD-9-CM Procedure Codes 79.05, 79.15, 79.25, 79.35, 79.75, 79.85, 81.52-81.53 |
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Hip Replacement Surgery
During hip replacement surgery, the ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed and replaced with artificial materials. A metal ball with a stem (a prosthesis) is inserted into the femur (thigh bone) and an artificial plastic cup socket is pla... |
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HMRI
acronym for Hospital Medical Records Institute (HMRI) |
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Home Care
This term has different definitions in MCHP research. The majority use definition 1 below. Health services provided free-of-charge to residents of all ages within their own homes (Martens et al., 2003) or in Supportive Housin... |
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Home Care - PROCURA Data
The Home Care - Procura data contains information on Home Care clients and home care service delivery throughout the province. NOTE: The Home Care - Procura data is a continuation of the Home Care ... |
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Home Care Costs
Home care costs are estimated by multiplying the number of days "open" in the Home Care program by a per diem. |
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Home Care Data
The Home Care data is health administrative data containing information related to Home Care services in Manitoba, including assessments and home care cases. The Home Care data consists of two main groups of data: Home Care Manitoba... |
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Home Care Days
Home care days were defined as the number of days "open" in the Home Care program as recorded in the Manitoba Support Services Payroll (MSSP) file. In the analyses, home care days were expressed as days per decedent. |
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Home Care Days Used
The average annual number of days Home Care cases were open, among Manitoba residents registered in the Home Care program during over a two year period. This indicator counts 'in-year' days only-that is, the number of days in the year that their home care... |
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