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Medical Services / Medical Claims Data
The Medical Services / Medical Claims data is an administrative health database consisting of medical (hospital/physician) claims for physician visits in offices, hospitals, and outpatient departments; fee-for-service components for tests such as lab and ... |
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Medicare
A program, usually government-funded, for providing health care. In the US, it provides health insurance to people aged 65 and over and those who have permanent kidney failure and certain people with disabilities. In Canada, it is administered by each pr... |
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Medicine Data
NOTE: the Medicine Data has been updated in the Repository and this database is now considered inactive. For more up-to-date information on the current Critical Care and Medicine data in the Repository, see the |
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Meningitis
Inflammation of the meninges, which are the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. |
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Meningococcal Disease
Infections caused by the bacterium meningococcus ( Neisseria meningitidis ). Many people carry meningococci bacteria without any harmful effects. But in rare instances, meningococci cause serious diseases, such as meningitis and meningococcemia, a wi... |
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Mental Disorders Service Type
An inpatient hospitalization where the main reason for the hospital stay was the treatment of a mental illness or disorder. In Fransoo et al. (2013), Mental Disorders hospitalizations were defined by major clinical categories (MCC) code 17. Only patients ... |
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Mental Health
See Mental Health Disorder. |
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Mental Health Condition
A mental health condition can be classified as psychotic or non-psychotic using Medical Services (Physician Claims) or Hospital Discharge Abstracts data over a two year period. A Psychotic Mental Health Condition specifies mental health conditions such as... |
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Mental Health Disorder / Mental Disorder
A mental health disorder can be described as any disturbance of emotional equilibrium, as manifested in maladaptive behaviour and impaired functioning, caused by genetic, physical, chemical, biologic, psychologic, or social and cultural factors. A men... |
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Mental Health Information Database (MHID)
The Mental Health Information Database (MHID) contains individual level case information for a variety of community mental health services/programs provided at one facility in Winnipeg. This includes type of case and program, open and close dates, and up... |
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Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS)
The Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS) collects comprehensive case management information for Manitoba residents who receive services from the Mental Health division of Manitoba Health. For more information, please read the |
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Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS) Data
The Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS) data contains comprehensive case management information for Manitoba residents who receive clinical, social, or rehabilitation mental health services from Manitoba Health. The data includes diagnosti... |
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Mental Health Services Data
Information regarding the use of mental health services can be obtained from physician claims, hospital discharge abstracts and provincial mental health institutions that is collected in the Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS). |
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Mental Illness - Major / Minor
Mental illness diagnoses classified as Major (psychotic) or Minor (non-psychotic). See the Mental Health Disorder / Mental Health Illness Classification concept for more information. |
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Merging SAS® Datasets
Two or more different datasets can be merged by matching the same variables, such as PHIN (Personal Health Identification Number), sex, age, date or Registration Number (REGNO) / (REGNO_CODE) in both datasets. |
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Metadata Repository
The Metadata Repository is a documentation library that stores knowledge about the various databases that MCHP maintains in the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository (Repository). As a library, it provides a consistent set of documentation componen... |
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Metis / Métis
One of three distinct groups of people recognized as "Aboriginal" in the Constitution Act (1982), the others being First Nation and Inuit. The Metis are known as "the children of the Fur Trade", whose origin was mixed First Nation and European ance |
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Metis Population Database
The Metis Population Database is comprised of individuals who self-identify as a member of the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF), with a scrambled PHIN that can link to the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry. For more information on Metis Population Data... |
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Metis Regions
There are seven Metis regions in Manitoba: Southeast, Interlake, Northwest, Winnipeg, Southwest, The Pas and Thompson. See the "Links" section below for a map of the seven regions of the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF), as illustrated in Figure 1.2 of... |
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MFS
acronym for Manitoba Family Services (MFS) |
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