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1. Macro
Abbreviated command that represents a series of instructions. For more information, please see the following sites for information on the term macro: Wikipedia - accessed May 17, 2012. ...
2. Macrosomia
"A condition seen in newborns of large body size and high birth weight (more than 4000 to 4500 grams) as those born of prediabetic and diabetic mothers." (Olds SB et al., 2004).
3. Made Changes to Improve Health - (CCHS Survey Data)
In the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), participants were asked the question, "In the past 12 months, did you do anything to improve your health? (For example, lost weight, quit smoking, increased exercise)." Available answers were yes, no, or don...
4. MADG
acronym for Major Aggregated Diagnosis Group (MADG). See Major / Minor Condition for more information.
5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Data
A clinical health database containing personal and clinical data of patients who have had an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exam(s) from MRI programs operating out of St. Boniface General Hospital and Health Sciences Centre. Data was collected from adul...
6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans
Another way to take pictures of the inside of the body, MRI uses magnetism and radio waves. It produces much more detailed images than X-rays because of its ability to separate different types of tissues. MRI can be used to look at any area of the body an...
7. Main Effect
"The simple effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable; the effect of an independent variable uninfluenced by other variables. Used in contrast with the interaction effect of two or more independent variables on a dependent variable. There ...
8. Major / Minor Condition
Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (ADGs) of the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Group® (ACG®) system were used to count the number of conditions and to define conditions as major or minor on the basis of resource use and clinical outcomes. Major ADGs (M...
9. Major Clinical Categories (MCC)
see Case Mix Groups (CMG).
10. Major Illness - Children
In accordance with the Johns Hopkins definition, Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (ADG) codes 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18, 25, and 32 are used to determine the major illnesses for children ages >=2: ADG 3: Time Limited: Major; ADG 9: Likely to Recur: Pr...
11. Major Rural Hospital
A general category within hospital types that identifies hospitals located in larger rural centres. In Fransoo et al. (2013) this included nine hospitals: Bethesda Hospital (Steinbach), Boundary Trails Health Centre (Winkler/Morden), Dauphin Regional Hea...
12. Majority of Care (Ambulatory)
Majority of Care is a measure of whether individuals receive most of their ambulatory care from a single provider (versus two or more other providers). In MCHP research, the focus of this measure is on ambulatory visits to a physician. Usually, majority ...
13. Majority Source of Care (MSOC) Method of Patient Assignment
Patients are assigned to the practice where they receive the majority (50% or higher) of their care. This method is identical to the Plurality Approach only for patients who receive more than half their care at any one practice. Patients who obtain les...
14. Male Life Expectancy
Male life expectancy is the expected length of life from birth for males, and is calculated based on the average annual mortality in the population. Life expectancy values are not age-adjusted, but calculated directly from the mortality experience of loc...
15. Malpresentation
See Fetal Malpresentation glossary term.
16. Mammography
Mammography is a low-dose x-ray of the breast used to determine if a woman has breast cancer or a breast tumor. It is commonly used for breast cancer screening. Mammograms can show most breast cancer two to three years before it can be detected through s...
17. Mammography Rates (Breast Cancer Detection)
The proportion of women age 50-69 that had at least one mammogram in a two-year period. Rates were calculated for two 2-year periods, and adjusted to the female population age 50-69 in the first period.
18. Managed Care Capitation
A hospital funding approach that ensures the provision of preventive, ambulatory and inpatient care at a fixed fee per individual.
19. Management Information System (MIS)
A standardized set of financial and statistical reporting guidelines and definitions developed for use in reporting health care activities. It was developed to facilitate timely, effective management information by enabling historical and inter-facility c...
20. Management Information System (MIS) Data
The Management Information System (MIS) data contains financial and statistical data on an aggregate and summarized level for a range of health care services provided in Manitoba including acute, chronic, and rehab hospital services, personal care homes, ...
21. Management Information System (MIS) Guidelines
A set of accounting guidelines developed for use in Canadian hospitals that allow patient specific cost analysis.
22. Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre (MATC)
The Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre (MATC) provides a range of mental health services to children who experience mental and developmental disorders, as well as suicidal behaviours, and to their families. Services range from brief interventions to int...
23. Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre (MATC) Data
The Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre (MATC) data contains summary information on mental health services provided to Manitoba children and youth. The data includes client demographics, referral information, intake assessment, program involvement and v...
24. Manitoba Breast Cancer Screening Program / BreastCheck
Operated by CancerCare Manitoba (formerly known as Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation), the Manitoba Breast Screening Program began in mid-1995, and involves the delivery of mammography screening through a province-wide program. This progra...
25. Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment Data
The Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment data is a population-based central cancer registry of all cancer cases in the province, maintained by CancerCare Manitoba. It contains "details on the type of cancer, place of diagnosis, date of diagnosis, method...
26. Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation (MCTRF)
Now known as CancerCare Manitoba, this agency is responsible for cancer prevention, detection, care, research and education throughout Manitoba.
27. Manitoba Cataract Surgery Waiting List Program (MCWLP)
Created in 1993, this provincial program monitors cataract surgery waiting lists and prioritizes patients using a centralized database.
28. Manitoba Cataract Surgery Waiting List Program Data
A database of administrative health information from the WRHA Manitoba Cataract Surgery Waiting List Program. This program monitors patients waiting to undergo cataract removal procedures and includes all cataract surgery procedures performed at three sit...
29. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP)
MCHP is a unit within the Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. MCHP is active in health services research, evaluation and policy analy...
30. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation (MCHPE)
On October 1, 2001 this organization changed it's name to Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP).
31. Manitoba Cervical Cancer Screening Program (MCCSP) / CervixCheck
Manitoba Health established this Program in 2000 to monitor cervical cancer screening; it is managed by CancerCare Manitoba. The goal of this program is to reduce the number of women in Manitoba who are diagnosed with cervical cancer. As of April 2001, th...
32. Manitoba Collaborative Data Portal (MBCDP)
The Manitoba Collaborative Data Portal (MBCDP) is a public, on-line tool that "provides a knowledge base to promote evidence informed community discussion, planning and action to maximize Health Equity, Social Justice, Public Accountability and Environmen...
33. Manitoba Colon Cancer Screening Program / ColonCheck
The Manitoba Colon Screening Program is managed by CancerCare Manitoba. The goal of this program is to detect colon cancer early and reduce the number of Manitobans who die from the disease. This program is known as ColonCheck. Current guidelin...
34. Manitoba Cost List
A cost list provides a standard cost for each type of case that receives care in a hospital in Manitoba. This includes care provided to inpatients and for outpatient surgeries. A standard cost refers to an average cost - similar cases will not necessaril...
35. Manitoba Drug Benefits and Interchangeability Formulary
A list of proven high quality therapeutically effective drugs approved by the Pharmacare drug benefit program. It also includes a list of interchangeable drugs. It is compiled with the advice of the Manitoba Drug Standards and Therapeutics Committee, assi...
36. Manitoba Education
A Manitoba government department with a mandate for "setting priorities and allocating funds for the Province's public and funded independent Kindergarten-Grade 12 (K-12) schools. The Department is also responsible for providing policy direction on admini...
37. Manitoba Education and Training (MET) Number
The Manitoba Education & Training (MET) Number is a unique number assigned to each student upon registration with Manitoba Education for the purpose of record keeping of student progress through the education system. This number remains the same from Kind...
38. Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (MECY)
MECY is a Manitoba provincial government department "charged with the responsibility for setting priorities and allocating funds" for the Province's public and independent Kindergarten to Grade 12 (Senior 4) school system and for citizenship and youth ini...
39. Manitoba Facility Reporting System User Guide
The Manitoba Facility Reporting System User Guide contains instructions for reporting MIS data in Manitoba. This Guide was initially developed for MIS implementation in Manitoba hospital and personal care home facilities in 1995/96. Upon regionalization, ...
40. Manitoba Family Services (MFS)
A provincial government department responsible for providing family-related services in Manitoba .
41. Manitoba Family Services (MFS) Eligibility File
The case eligibility file of the income assistance program in the province of Manitoba contains a record for each benefit case, reporting the number of members in the households, income assistance eligibility, residential postal code and duration and amou...
42. Manitoba Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Data
The Manitoba Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) data contains referral, patient histories, assessment and diagnoses information for Manitoba preschool children, school age children, adolescents, and adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). ...
43. Manitoba First Nations Research File (MFNRF)
The Manitoba First Nations Research File (MFNRF) is the Manitoba First Nations people registered as Status Indians under the Indian Act. The list was generated from the Indian Status Registry (ISR), as of 2016, and was provided by the First Nations Healt...
44. Manitoba Formulary
See Manitoba Drug Benefits and Interchangeability Formulary.
45. Manitoba Health
A provincial government department responsible for providing health care services in Manitoba. From April 1, 2008 to November 2009, this department was part of a larger department called Manitoba Health and Healthy Living (MHHL). From February 2014 ...
46. Manitoba Health and Healthy Living (MHHL)
A term describing two provincial departments in Manitoba responsible for health care services and healthy living initiatives. Unofficially, as of April 1, 2008, this term was used in discussions, correspondence, and publications related to either of thes...
47. Manitoba Health Financial Information System (FIS)
An information system maintained by Manitoba Health that contains extensive, detailed, hospital financial and statistical information.
48. Manitoba Health Insurance Registry Data
The Manitoba Health Insurance Registry is a longitudinal, population-based registry maintained by Manitoba Health, consisting of all individuals who have been registered with Manitoba Health at some point in time since 1970. The registry includes individu...
49. Manitoba Health Population File
The Manitoba Health Population File provides annual snapshots (numbers) of the Manitoba population, taken from the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry as of December 31 each year. Data is available from 1975 forward. The data is categorized by age, sex, po...
50. Manitoba Health Research Data Repository
See Manitoba Population Research Data Repository.
51. Manitoba Health Services Commission (MHSC)
Maintain registration, hospital, Personal Care Home (PCH) and medical claims files on the use of health care service in Manitoba.
52. Manitoba Health Services Insurance Plan (MHSIP)
The health insurance plan provided by Manitoba Health. It is financed from general revenues of the Province of Manitoba and with funds provided by the Government of Canada.
53. Manitoba Health Services Insurance Plan (MHSIP) Registration File
See Manitoba Health Insurance Registry Data.
54. Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors (MHHLS)
A provincial government department responsible for providing healthcare services in Manitoba. Before February 2014 this department was known as Manitoba Health, and with a change in government in April, 2016, is now known as Manitoba Health, Seniors and A...
55. Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living
A provincial government department responsible for providing health care services in Manitoba. "Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living leads the way to quality health care built with creativity, compassion, confidence, trust and respect, and plays a l...
56. Manitoba Healthy Baby Program
See term Healthy Baby Program.
57. Manitoba Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors
A provincial government department responsible for healthy living initiatives in Manitoba. "Healthy Living is about creating conditions and supporting behaviours that promote the best possible health choices for everyone. It is a shared responsibility a...
58. Manitoba Heart Health Survey (MHHS) Data
The Manitoba Heart Health Survey (MHHS) is a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of non-institutionalized Manitoba residents (including First Nation community residents) between the ages of 18 and 74 years. It was conducted as a part of the ...
59. Manitoba Housing and Community Development (Manitoba Housing)
A department within the Manitoba Government whose mandate encompasses a range of housing and community development programs and activities. This includes safeguarding an adequate supply of safe and affordable housing in communities across Manitoba, partic...
60. Manitoba Housing Buildings
Residences owned by Manitoba Housing that contain multiple units for residential use. Buildings are aggregated together to form projects.
61. Manitoba Housing Co-Applicant
An individual who is jointly applying with the primary applicant for Manitoba Housing and is so identified on the application for Manitoba Housing. See Appendix Figure A1.1 of Smith et al. (2013)...
62. Manitoba Housing Dependents
All household members who will permanently reside in the household as identified in the application for Manitoba Housing. See Appendix Figure A1.1 of Smith et al. (2013) for a copy of the Manito...
63. Manitoba Housing Primary Applicant
The individual who is applying for Manitoba Housing, as identified on the application form. See Appendix Figure A1.1 of Smith et al. (2013) for a copy of the Manitoba Housing Application Form.
64. Manitoba Housing Project
One or more housing properties built at the same time and assigned the same identifier used for administrative purposes by Manitoba Housing. A project can include any size or type of buildings and can serve any type of client (families, seniors, single no...
65. Manitoba Housing Special Use Unit
A term used to describe locations such as home care offices, shelters, resource centres, daycares, and supportive housing units; it is inconsistently used.
66. Manitoba Housing Unit
A self-contained place where an individual or family live. It may be free standing or located within a building with multiple units.
67. Manitoba Immunization Registry - Panorama Data
The Manitoba Immunization Registry - Panorama data contains information on all immunization histories (e.g.: vaccines received, dates) of Manitoba Health registrants from April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2016. Previous years of immunization data are available i...
68. Manitoba Immunization Registry - Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) Data
The Manitoba Immunization Registry - Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) data contains information on all immunization histories (e.g.: vaccines received, dates) of Manitoba Health registrants from January 1, 2015 forward. Previous years o...
69. Manitoba IMPRxOVE Program
The Improving Medication Prescribing and Outcomes Via Medical Education (IMPRxOVE) Program was launched in June 2011. The program is a joint initiative by Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors (MHHLS) Provincial Drug Programs unit and Comprehensive ...
70. Manitoba IMPRxOVE Program Data
Data for the quality indicator (QI) triggers were recorded in a dataset by Comprehensive NeuroScience™ of Canada (CNSC) and transferred to the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) via Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors (MHHLS). This data c...
71. Manitoba IMPRxOVE Program Evaluation Data
Contains only those records used for the intention-to-treat analysis and any subsequent analyses - i.e., only records that met the inclusion criteria. Quality Indicator (QI) triggers that did not meet the criteria and those associated with outlier physici...
72. Manitoba Maternal Serum Screening Programme (MMSSP)
This programme is funded by the province and offers all pregnant women in Manitoba a blood test that screens for chromosome abnormalities or birth defects.
73. Manitoba Maternal Serum Screening Programme (MMSSP) Data
The Manitoba Maternal Serum Screening Programme (MMSSP) data contains information on prenatal genetic screens for approximately 65% of Manitoban pregnancies each year. Data include outcomes of screens (blood tests) for chromosomal abnormalities and birth...
74. Manitoba Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Registry
The Manitoba Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Registry contains clinical data maintained by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) that provide information about children with impaired kidney function (measured using the
75. Manitoba Population
With a population of approximately 1.17 million people (in 2005), the province of Manitoba has the 5th largest population among Canada's provinces and territories. Over half the population lives in the capital of Winnipeg (706,900 people), making it the ...
76. Manitoba Population Health Research Data Repository
See Manitoba Population Research Data Repository.
77. Manitoba Population Projections Data
This data contains Manitoba population projections for 2013 to 2042, based on a report published in 2014 by the Manitoba Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI). For more information on the MCHP Manitoba Population Projections data, see the:
78. Manitoba Population Research Data Repository (Repository)
The Manitoba Population Research Data Repository is a comprehensive collection of administrative, registry, survey and other data primarily comprised of residents of Manitoba. This repository is housed at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP). It w...
79. Manitoba Renal Program (MRP) Data
The Manitoba Renal Program (MRP) data is administrative data maintained by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) that provide information about the dialysis services that patients with acute kidney injury or kidney (renal) failure have received in...
80. Manitoba Research Database
See Manitoba Population Research Data Repository.
81. Manitoba Residents
Defined by Manitoba Health, includes all persons who reside in the province of Manitoba, as well as persons who reside temporarily out of the province (e.g. students attending post-secondary schools out of province) as well as Manitoba residents who have ...
82. Manitoba Support Services Payroll (MSSP) Database
An administrative database developed by Manitoba Health in 1988 as a payroll system for direct service workers employed by the Department of Health. The MSSP now also serves as a master file of the Manitoba Home Care Program's clients and of MSSP employee...
83. Manitoba Telehealth Data
Manitoba Telehealth data contains information on the Manitoba Telehealth Program. This program enables patient-physician communication with the aim of providing comprehensive health services to remote or distant areas in a timely fashion. NOTE: ...
84. Manitoba Training Program (MTP) for Health Services Research
"The Manitoba Training Program for Health Services Research is a one-year training program offered to thesis-based master’s and PhD students. Students may receive support from the program for a total period of one year (September to August), with $17,85...
85. Manitoba Tuberculosis (TB) Registry Data
The Manitoba Tuberculosis (TB) Registry contains information on persons suspected of, diagnosed with, and treated for TB in Manitoba. Information on people in contact with cases of active TB is also included in the Manitoba TB Registry. For more infor...
86. Mantel-Haenszel Test
Two groups are compared on a binary response, adjusting for control variables and applied to K strata of 2 x 2 tables where response totals are treated as fixed. Under the null hypothesis of conditional independence, this statistic has approximately a chi...
87. Marginal Cost
The cost of an additional day of care in hospital, after the trim point of the Average Length of Stay has been reached.
88. Marital Status
The relationship status of an individual. Different sources of data provide different measures of marital status. For example, the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry includes the categories: married, single, and widowed. The 1996 National Population H...
89. Markov Model
The Markov model is a modelling approach that predicts how likely an event is to enter a specific state in the future based on the current state of this event and chance (Last, 2001). This approach can use constant likelihood of each event state (stationa...
90. Mastectomy
See Breast Surgery.
91. Master (Common) Formulary
A standardized list of all drugs, or Drug Identification Number (DINs), developed and updated annually at MCHP from the Drug Identification Number (DIN) Master File. A common formulary was needed to handle the different combinations of DINs in the variou...
92. Matched Cohorts
Two groups of individuals in a study who are made to have a similar distribution on some confounding characteristics (typically demographics such as age, sex, residence, income, etc.). One group is the study cohort and they will all share a characteristic...
93. Matching (Moments and Percentile)
This is one of the methods used in obtaining parameter estimates of a statistical model by equating the theoretical and empirical moments or percentiles. For moment matching for instance, the theoretical mean or standard deviation will be equated to the e...
94. Matching Cases and Controls
Matching cases and controls involves matching a study participant with a particular condition or treatment (i.e., case) to a study participant without that condition or treatment (i.e., control).
95. Material Deprivation Index
A factor score derived from Canadian Census data that reflects the deprivation of goods and conveniences and includes the following indicators: average household income, unemployment rate, and high school education rate (Pampalon & Raymond, 2000).
96. Maternal Abstract
The maternal abstract is a hospital discharge abstract with an abstract type = "Obstetrical" (3). The maternal abstract contains patient demographic data and data relating to the mother's pregnancy/birthing experience, such as parity and gravidity; ICD-9...
97. Maternal Age
The age of the mother at the time of delivery. In Heaman et al. (2012), women were grouped into six categories: 12-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 and 40 and older.
98. Maternal and Newborn Health Status Indicators
These are health and health status measures / indicators related to five separate categories: Profile of Women Giving Birth; Maternal Prenatal Health; Giving Birth; Maternal Postpartum Health; and Fetal and Newborn Health that were investigated in th...
99. Maternal Depression
In Brownell et al. (2007), maternal depression was defined as the presence of any hospital or physician claims coding depression between 8 months before the birth and 4 months after birth. Included were ICD-9-CM codes from the hospital files or physician ...
100. Maternal Diabetes
A composite variable created that includes a diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes.
101. Maternal Education
A measure of a mother's education level. In Chartier et al. (2012), this indicator was developed to measure the prevalence rate of women with newborns who had not completed high school.
102. Maternal Hypertension
A composite variable created that includes primary hypertension as well as hypertensive disorders in pregnancy occurring in the one year prior to birth. See the Hypertension - Measuring Prevalence concept for m...
103. Maternal Languages
See Mother Tongue glossary term.
104. Maternal Length of Stay
The average total number of days of care for an inpatient hospitalization associated with a live or stillborn birth (including labour, delivery, and postpartum) per maternal birth record; calculated by subtracting the discharge date from the admission dat...
105. Maternal Psychological Distress
Any form of diagnosed psychological distress (e.g., anxiety and/or depression) occurring in the two year period prior to giving birth. This definition requires at least three medical claims with the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code = 300 in two years prior to bir...
106. Maternal Substance Abuse
A composite variable from the Families First Screening Form that identifies if the mother self-reported either smoking, alcohol consumption or illicit drug use during pregnancy. See the Substance Use by Mothe...
107. Mathematics Achievement Index
The Mathematics Achievement Index is designed to identify and classify student achievement in grade 12 mathematics by dichotomizing the group: those who took one or more "difficult" math classes, and those that did not.
108. Maximum Allowable Cost Policy
A drug reimbursement policy that publishes prices defining the maximum contribution of a drug plan to the purchase of a drug.
109. Maximum Likelihood Method
A method used for estimating the parameters of a mathematical model. Given the set of observed data and a probability distribution, it aims at obtaining the most "likely" values of the parameters that maximizes the likelihood function (or the likelihood t...
110. MB Health
acronym for Manitoba Health.
111. MCC
acronym for Major Clinical Categories (MCC)
112. MCCSP
acronym for Manitoba Cervical Cancer Screening Program (MCCSP)
113. MCHP
acronym for Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP)
114. MCHP Research Registry
The MCHP Research Registry is a longitudinal population-based research registry that is derived from data in the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry and other data files in the MCHP Data Repository. "Snapshot files" of the Manitoba Health Insurance R...
115. MCTRF
acronym for Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation (MCTRF)
116. MCWLP
acronym for Manitoba Cataract Surgery Waiting List Program (MCWLP)
117. MDS
acronym for Minimum Data Set (MDS)
118. Meals on Wheels
A non-profit meal organization dedicated to the home delivery of nutritious meals to those people who are in need of nutritional assistance.
119. Measles
A highly contagious and acutely infectious viral disease. Symptoms include fever, cough, head cold, rash, conjunctivitis (inflammation or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids), and Koplik spots (white spots on the inner lining of the mouth).
120. Measures of Need for Health Care
May include direct (detailed measures of morbidity in the population) and indirect (mortality and social and economic circumstances of the population) measures of need for medical / health care.
121. 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. ...
122. Measures of Pharmaceutical Use
See Drug Utilization Indicator.
123. 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.
124. MECY
Acronym for Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (MECY). For more information see the Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (MECY) glossary term.
125. 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.
126. 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...
127. 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 ...
128. Medical Admission
Admission to hospital based on medical reasons (not surgical, obstetrical, or psychiatric cases).
129. Medical Case
Defined according to the patient's most responsible diagnosis, and excludes surgical, obstetrical, and psychiatric cases.
130. 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,...
131. Medical Claims File
See Medical Services Data.
132. Medical Data
See Physician Data.
133. 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.
134. 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.
135. 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...
136. 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.
137. Medical Remuneration
The amount paid to physicians, either through physician claims or salaries.
138. 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 ...
139. Medical Separation
A discharge from the hospital with a most responsible diagnosis classified as a medical case.
140. 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
141. 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 ...
142. 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...
143. 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
144. Meningitis
Inflammation of the meninges, which are the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
145. 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...
146. 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 ...
147. Mental Health
See Mental Health Disorder.
148. 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...
149. 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...
150. 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...
151. 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
152. 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...
153. 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).
154. 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.
155. 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.
156. 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...
157. 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
158. 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...
159. 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...
160. MFS
acronym for Manitoba Family Services (MFS)
161. MHMIS
acronym for Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS)
162. MHSC
acronym for Manitoba Health Services Commission (MHSC)
163. MHSIP
acronym for Manitoba Health Services Insurance Plan (MHSIP)
164. MI
acronym for Myocardial Infarction (MI)
165. Micro-Costing
One of two common ways to estimate health care costs. Resources used by a specific patient are identified, traced to the patient and valued at a typical unit cost or price. It requires detailed knowledge of how individual patients are treated and cannot n...
166. Micro-Costs
User-specific or individual costs (vs. standard or average costs). In this study, micro-costing is done for physician services and prescription drugs, where a claim with a specified cost is submitted for each service or prescription provided to individual...
167. Mid Regional Health Authorities (RHAs)
An aggregate geographical area, co-developed by MCHP and The Need To Know Team for use in MCHP research, which includes all of the RHAs in central Manitoba; Interlake, North Eastman and Parkland.
168. Middle-Loss Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
Dependence in activities of daily living typically follow a certain sequence; people first become dependent in early-loss ADLs (e.g., dressing, personal hygiene), followed by dependence in middle-loss (transfer, locomotion, toilet use), and, finally late-...
169. Midwife
See Midwifery glossary term.
170. Midwifery
In Manitoba, midwives are trained specialists who care for woman and newborns throughout pregnancy and birth. For more information, see Midwifery in Manitoba web page on the Man...
171. Midwifery Summary Reports Data
The Midwifery Summary Reports data contains summary information for all Manitoba women receiving prenatal, intrapartum, and/or postpartum care from a midwife. Information on demographics, maternal outcomes, birth outcomes, consultations, transfer of care ...
172. Migrant / Migration
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg A migrant is a person who undergoes a migration process, defined as establishing a permane...
173. MIMS
See Immunization Data / Manitoba Immunization Monitoring System (MIMS) Data.
174. Minimal Supervision
One of 13 alternate levels of care (ALC), this encompasses patients who require non-skilled care and 24 hour accessibility to support, but cannot be card for at home due to unavailable and/or unstable family or live-in support. This also includes patients...
175. Minimum Data Set (MDS)
An assessment tool in each of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI-MDS 2.0©) and Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC©) data systems, that reports people's functional dependence and cognitive impairment, plus many other clinical a...
176. Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessment
An assessment done using either: 1). the Long Term Care (LTC) Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI-MDS 2.0©]) or 2). the Home Care Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC©). These assessments report pe...
177. Minimum Detectable Effect Size
A minimum detectable effect is the smallest estimated true effect (i.e., group difference) that would be statistically significant at the 0.05 level using 80 percent power. In other words, it is the minimum required true difference between groups that wou...
178. MIS
acronym for Management Information System (MIS)
179. MIS Guidelines
acronym for Management Information System (MIS) Guidelines.
180. Miscarriage
See Spontaneous Abortion glossary term.
181. Mixed Costing
Costing that involves more than one method (e.g. micro-costing and average costing).
182. Mixed Effects Model
A regression model in which the mean response is modelled as a combination of population characteristics that are assumed to be shared by all individuals and subject-specific effects that are unique to a particular individual. The former are referred to a...
183. Mobility
Statistics Canada defined, in the 2001 and 1996 census, as the proportion of the region's population aged five years or older which moved into the region in the previous five years.
184. Modality
A classification system used to group physician services tariffs into one of 7 different types of diagnostic imaging: angiography, computed tomography (CT), general x-ray, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine and ultrasound. Mam...
185. Modeling and Estimation of Rates
To estimate and compare rates of events, the count of events for each indicator was modeled using a Poisson or negative binomial distribution, depending on which distribution provided the best model fit. Relative risks were estimated for each region and f...
186. Modelling
A statistical approach to looking at relationships between variables. There are two major stages in modelling--the model specification and the development of estimates. The specification stage involves the testing of theoretically relevant variables to se...
187. Models of Primary Care
Primary care is delivered in a wide range of manners across Canada. In Winnipeg, there are five models of primary care delivery. Two models of primary care delivery are based on the traditional fee-for-service model, wherein primary care providers submit ...
188. Molar Pregnancy
"A molar pregnancy is a rare complication. It happens when an egg and a sperm meet at fertilization, but the cells do not grow in a way that can support a pregnancy." Source: BabyCenter.ca Web ...
189. Mood and Anxiety Disorders
"Mood and anxiety disorders consist of a large group of distressing mental disorders. Depressive disorders are characterized by depressed mood and diminished interest in almost all activities. Symptoms of bipolar disorders include elevated mood and increa...
190. Mood Balance
The Mood Balance scale (also called the Bradburn Affect Balance Scale, developed by Norman Bradburn) is designed to indicate the psychological reactions (positive and negative) of people in the general population to events in their daily lives. This scal...
191. Mood Disorders
Mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) classification system where a disturbance in the person's mood is hypothesized to be the main underlying feature. See
192. Morbidity
Morbidity is any departure, subjective or objective, from a state of physiological or psychological well-being (i.e. sickness or illness). (Last, 2001).
193. Morbidity Burden
An individual's projected need for and use of health services over time, or, the presence of illness or disease carried by a particular individual.
194. Morbidity Index (ACG®-based)
An index developed at MCHP based on the Johns Hopkins ACG® (Adjusted Clinical Group®) system to measure the "disease burden" of individuals and populations using diagnostic codes routinely collected in administrative data. Also called Adjusted Cli...
195. Mortality
Death.
196. Mortality Indicators
A set of indicators measuring the rate of mortality related to: age, sex, infectious disease, injury, cancer, and chronic disease conditions. It is 1 of 6 major Health Status Indicator categories.
197. Mortality Rate
The number of deaths in a population, divided by the number of residents. It is used as an indication of the overall health of the population, similar to what is measured by life expectancy. The rate is age- and sex-standardized to account for difference...
198. Mortality Rates by Cause
The adjusted rate of deaths for each calendar year by ICD-9-CM chapters. Not all chapters are given if deaths for some categories are rare.
199. Mortality Status
Mortality status as recorded in the Manitoba Department of Vital Statistics.
200. Most Responsible Diagnosis
The one diagnosis which describes the most significant condition of a patient which causes his/her stay in hospital. In cases where multiple diagnoses may be classified as "most responsible", the diagnosis causing the greatest length of stay (LOS) is code...
201. Most Responsible Physician
The physician who provided the majority of the patient's primary care. This may be measured in several different ways such as using visit costs or number of visits.
202. Mother Tongue
"Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected. If the person no longer understands the first language learned, the mother tongue is the second language learne...
203. Mother's Age at First Birth
Mother's age at first birth refers to the age of a mother when she gave birth to her first child. This term has also been referred to as maternal age at first birth (Brownell et al., 2012).
204. Mothers with 3+ Risk Factors on Families First Screening
This measure / indicator is the age-adjusted annual average percentage of mothers with newborns that had three or more risk factors on the Families First screening form. The risk factors measured on the form include, but are not limited to: prenatal alco...
205. MRI
acronym for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans
206. MSA
acronym for Medical Savings Account (MSA)
207. MSOC
acronym for Majority Source of Care (MSOC)
208. MSSP
acronym for Manitoba Support Services Payroll (MSSP) Database.
209. Multi-collinearity
"In multiple regression analysis, a situation in which at least some of the independent variables are highly correlated with each other" (Last, 1995, pg 118). This can result in inaccurate estimates of the parameters in the model.
210. Multicollinearity
"In multiple regression analysis, a situation in which at least some of the independent variables are highly correlated with each other. Such a situation can result in inaccurate estimates of the parameters in the regression model." (Last, 1995).
211. Multigravida
"A woman who is in her second or any subsequent pregnancy." (Olds SB et al., 2004).
212. Multinomial Regression
A statistical analysis that estimates the probability of an event occurring as a function of other factors. Multinomial regression may be used on an outcome with more than two levels or categories (Chan, 2005). This statistical analysis is constrained by ...
213. Multipara
"A woman who has had two or more births at more than 20 weeks' gestation." (Olds SB et al., 2004).
214. Multiparous
See Multipara glossary term.
215. Multiple Birth
The birth of two or more children during a single delivery with a gestation of 20 weeks or more. For a list of ICD codes identifying multiple birth outcomes, please see the ICD Codes for Mother Delivery Outcomes - from Child Health Atlas Update - 20...
216. Multiple Challenge Index (MCI)
A component of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) that indicates if a child is experiencing challenges in at least three EDI domains. The MCI is scored based on challenges in nine or more subdomains (see
217. Multiple child family
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg A family consisting of parent(s) and more than one child. This includes children by birth...
218. Multiple Comparisons
See Pairwise Multiple Comparisons or Bonferroni Correction .
219. Multiple Imputation
A technique used to overcome the problem of missing data, which increases statistical power for finding associations without artificially reducing the variation in the data. Multiple imputation does not simply insert a value for each missing data point or...
220. Multiple Linear Regression
An extension of linear regression whereby the relationship between two or more explanatory variables and a continuous outcome variable can be described.
221. Multiple Logistic Regression
An extension of logistic regression, similar to multiple linear regression, whereby the relationship of two or more explanatory variables and a dichotomous response variable can be described.
222. Multiple Regression Analysis
An extension of regression analysis that describes and tests the relationship between a dependent variable and a linear combination of several (explanatory) variables.
223. Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Its effects are diverse and may include problems in balance, vision, communication, memory, and movement, as well as more general symptoms such as pa...
224. Multivariable Analysis
A statistical analysis that uses more than one independent (explanatory) variable. The effect of each independent variable on a single study outcome is provided uniquely from the influence of all other independent variables. (Katz MH, 2011).
225. Multivariable Logistic Regression
Also referred to as multivariate logistic regression, or a logistic regression based on multivariable analysis.
226. Multivariable Statistical Analysis
See Multivariable Analysis.
227. Multivariate Analysis
A set of techniques used when the variation in several dependent variables are studied simultaneously.
228. Multivariate Model
A statistical model that studies the variation in several variables simultaneously (Last, 1995).
229. Mumps
An acute contagious viral disease characterized by swollen saliva glands and fever.
230. MUN CODE
acronym for Municipal Code (MUN CODE)
231. Municipal Code (MUNCODE)
A code assigned to each municipality in Manitoba for administrative and funding purposes. Every individual eligible for coverage by Manitoba Health is assigned a "MUNCODE", in order to capture their place of residence.
232. Musculoskeletal
The organ system comprised of bones, muscles, joints, ligaments, and tendons that enable the body to move and keep its form.
233. Myocardial Infarction (MI)
A heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs when an area of heart muscle dies or is permanently damaged because of an inadequate supply of oxygen to that area. NOTE: See the term Acute Myoca...

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