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Non-Winnipeg
Includes all Manitoban Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) except Winnipeg. |
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Northern Isolated Hospitals
A general category within Hospital Types that identifies hospitals located in northern, isolated regions of the province. These hospitals include: Snow Lake Medical Nursing Unit, Gillam Hospital Inc., Lynn Lake Hospital, Leaf Rapids Health Centre, and No... |
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Northern 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 Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) in northern Manitoba; Burntwood, NOR-MAN, an... |
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Not Graduating from High School
Individuals who have not completed grrade 12 as determined by the Department of Education data. |
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Notifiable Disease
"A disease deemed of sufficient importance to public health to require that its occurrence be reported to public health officials. The reporting of notifiable diseases is mandated by the provinces and territories; notifiable diseases may vary from provinc... |
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Notification of Subsequent Birth Form
The Notification of Subsequent Birth form used in the Insight Mentoring Program collects information on alcohol use, contraception, and prenatal care for any births that occur during the program after the birth of the target child. |
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NPHS
acronym for National Population Health Survey (NPHS) |
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NPV
acronym for Negative Predictive Value (NPV) |
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Null Hypothesis
The statistical hypothesis that a variable is not associated with another variable or set of variables, or that two population distributions do not differ from one another. In other words, it means that the observed results of a study or test are no diffe... |
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Nullipara
"A woman who has not given birth at more than 20 weeks gestation." (Olds SB et al., 2004). |
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Number at Risk
See Denominator at Risk. |
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Number of Active Ingredients
The total number of active (medicinal) ingredients (NAIS) contained in a product. This is available in the Master Formulary from the Drug Product Database. |
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Number of Children in a Family
The number of children registered under the "family head" in the Manitoba Health Insuranc...
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Number of Diagnoses
The number of diagnoses is a comorbidity measure based on all the ICD–9–CM and ICD–10–CA diagnosis codes attributed to patients during medical visits and hospitalizations over a specific period of time. Post–admit comorbidities (complications) ... |
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Number of Different Types of Drugs Dispensed per User
This is the average number of different types of drugs prescribed to each resident who had at least one prescription in the year. Each pharmaceutical agent that falls under a different fourth-level Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) class is counted as... |
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Number of Different Types of Prescription Drugs Used
See Number of Different Types of Drugs Dispensed per User glossary term. |
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Number of Drugs (Different) Dispensed
One of four measures of intensity of use, this is the rate of the average number of different drugs dispensed per year per resident and per pharmaceutical user. |
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Number of Prescription Drugs Dispensed
The number of different types of drugs prescribed is a comorbidity measure based on the ATC codes of prescribed medications for all prescriptions patients filled in the year prior to their diagnosis. Each pharmaceutical agent that falls under a different ... |
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Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
One of four measures of intensity of use, this is the rate of the number of prescriptions dispensed per resident and per pharmaceutical user. |
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Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Practitioners
A registered nurse with advanced qualifications who provides a full range of primary care services to patients. Nurse practitioners can order diagnostic tests, prescribe drugs, and perform specific procedures in a variety of healthcare settings. Please... |
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