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Measures of Neighbourhoods
Winnipeg neighbourhoods can be measured according to the type and number of amenities found within their geographic area. This includes the following "physical variables": schools, places of worship, community centres, parks, housing and crime rates. ... |
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Measures of Pharmaceutical Use
See Drug Utilization Indicator. |
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Mechanical Ventilation
A method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing with a machine designed to move breathable air into and out of the lungs. |
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MECY
Acronym for Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (MECY). For more information see the Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (MECY) glossary term. |
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Median
The middle of an ordered set of scores. It is a more appropriate measure than the mean when analyzing highly skewed distributions because it is less influenced by extreme outliers. |
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Median Wait Time for Admission to Personal Care Home (PCH)
This indicator measures the amount of time it took (in weeks) for 50% of personal care home (PCH) residents to be admitted after being assessed as requiring PCH placement, for PCH residents 75 years and older admitted. The median wait time is the amount o... |
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Medicaid
A United States jointly funded, Federal - State health insurance program for certain low-income and needy people, covering approximately 36 million individuals including children, the aged, blind, and / or disabled, and people who are eligible to receive ... |
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Medical Admission
Admission to hospital based on medical reasons (not surgical, obstetrical, or psychiatric cases). |
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Medical Case
Defined according to the patient's most responsible diagnosis, and excludes surgical, obstetrical, and psychiatric cases. |
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Medical Claims
These are provider (physician/midwife) claims for services (e.g., physician visits in offices, hospitals and outpatient departments, fee-for-service components for tests such as lab and x-ray procedures) submitted to the provincial government for payment,... |
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Medical Claims File
See Medical Services Data. |
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Medical Data
See Physician Data. |
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Medical Days
The number of days in hospital that a patient is assessed as a medical patient, according to the most responsible diagnosis. This does not include surgical, obstetrical and psychiatric cases. |
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Medical Error
Medical error is the failure to complete a planned action as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim. |
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Medical Patient
Defined according to the primary service codes, which refer to the hospital services under which the patient was treated for the greatest length of time. The following services were included: family medicine, internal medicine, allergy, cardiology, dermat... |
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Medical Record
A file documenting a patient's contact with the health care system. It contains information concerning illnesses and treatment. It may also contain demographic information. Also known as a patient chart. |
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Medical Remuneration
The amount paid to physicians, either through physician claims or salaries. |
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Medical Savings Account (MSA)
MSAs are a financing mechanism for the healthcare system whereby individuals combine a high-deductible catastrophic insurance policy with a savings account intended to pay "small" medical bills as they arise. Unspent funds can roll over for use in future ... |
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Medical Separation
A discharge from the hospital with a most responsible diagnosis classified as a medical case. |
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Medical Service Type
An inpatient hospitalization where the main reason for the hospital stay was medical care of a disease or injury. In Fransoo et al. (2013), medical hospitalizations were defined by Medical Case Mix Groups (CMG™) codes. See |
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