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Level of Care (LOC) Received
Identifies the type of hospital care received by one of the following categories: 1). one of 7 levels of hospital (teaching, urban community, major rural, intermediate rural, small rural, small multi-use, and northern isolated) or one of 4 other categori... |
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Level of Comorbidity and Complications
An indicator measuring the impact on hospital resources of a case, based on the "complexity" of hospital care required to treat patients. Using the RDRG® program, patients are classified into 3 levels of complexity: those where comorbid... |
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Level Of Severity
A measure of the seriousness of a patient's condition. The level of severity of cases at institutions impact both the hospital's case mix, as well as the effectiveness and efficiency measures used to assess the hospitals. |
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Libraries
See Public Libraries. |
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LICO
acronym for Low-Income Cut Off (LICO) |
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Life Course
Longitudinal administrative data may be used to evaluate exposure effects over a lifespan. Life course research is directed toward examining aspects of family background and the environment which may affect well being during childhood and later in life. ... |
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Life Expectancy
The average number of years an individual of a given age is expected to live if current age-sex-specific mortality rates remain stable. Life expectancy is a commonly accepted indicator of population health. Typically calculated at birth, this indicator ... |
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Life Satisfaction - (CCHS Survey Data)
Subjective life satisfaction is a measure of an individual's perceived level of well-being and happiness and has been shown to be positively correlated with health status. In the CCHS Survey - Chapter 14, all participants were asked "How satisfied are yo... |
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Life Stress
See Self-Perceived Life Stress - (CCHS Survey Data) glossary term. |
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Likelihood Ratio Test (LRT)
As the name implies, the likelihood ratio is a ratio of two likelihoods. It is widely used as a test statistic, perhaps especially for relations among categorical variables displayed in contingency tables. The smaller the LR, the stronger the relationship... |
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Limitation of Activities - (CCHS Survey Data)
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, approximately one in eight Canadians live with some physical or mental disability. Disabilities can range from mild limitations such as back pain, to moderate limitations such as arthritis, to severe limita... |
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Limited Scope Family Physician (FP)
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 higher than 0.1411. |
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Linear Regression
Regression analysis is a statistical approach that looks to find the best mathematical model to describe y (a dependent variable) as a function of x (an independent variable), or to predict y from x. In linear regression, the data is analyzed using linear... |
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Linear Trend Test
Linear trend tests were conducted to test associations between indicator values and area-level income data. Contrasts were calculated from the parameter estimates of the model to estimate linear trends for each sex and income area (either urban or rural)... |
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Linkage
See Record Linkage. |
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Linking
See Record Linkage glossary term. |
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LINKS - A Record Linkage Package
LINKS is a record / data linkage software package developed by MCHP at the University of Manitoba using SAS® software. It provides tools for both deterministic and probabilistic record linkage and consists of three separate modules. For more infor... |
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Live Birth Service Type
An inpatient hospitalization for an infant born in hospital and admitted directly after birth. In Fransoo et al. (2013), live birth hospitalizations were defined by the combination of hospital abstract type for newborn and ICD-10-CA diagnosis code Z38, "L... |
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Living in a Family Receiving Income Assistance (AI)
This term relates specifically to children who live in a family that is receiving income assistance. Income Assistance (IA) is a provincial program for people who need help to meet basic personal and family needs. Wherever possible, the program is aim... |
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Living in Social Housing
Individuals who reside in publicly assisted non-profit housing often subsidized by government funds. In this report, analysis is limited to people living in social housing that is owned and directly managed by Manitoba Housing. |
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