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Post-Operative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
A post-operative hemorrhage refers to a loss of blood occurring after a surgical procedure that is copious enough to threaten health or life. A post-operative hematoma is a localized swelling filled with blood, commonly referred to as a bruise, resulting ... |
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Post-operative Thromboembolism
A post-operative thromboembolism refers to a blood clot that occurs after surgery, either in a deep vein, usually in the leg (deep-vein thrombosis) or in an artery of the lung (pulmonary embolism). Walking and staying active as soon as possible after surg... |
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Postal Code
A six character code defining postal areas within Canada. Canadian postal codes have the format A0A 0A0 where A is a letter of the alphabet and 0 is a numeric digit. Postal code is used to define groups based on their geographic loc... |
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Postal Code Conversion Files (PCCF)
As data support files, the Postal Code Conversion Files (PCCF) provide a link between the six-character postal code and the standard Census geographic areas, such as dissemination areas (DAs) and |
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Postnatal Care
A series of regular contacts following childbirth between a health care provider and both mother and infant. |
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Postneonatal Mortality Rate
The number of deaths of live born babies weighing 500 grams or more between 28 and 364 days after birth per 1,000 live births. Note: This weight is consistent with definitions used by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The primary cause ... |
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Postoperative Management
The volume and distribution of postoperative stays, including: 0 days stay, 1 days stay, or 2 plus days stay. |
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Postpartum
The period of time after childbirth and/or delivery. |
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Postpartum Hospital Readmission
Maternal re-hospitalization during the postpartum period. Includes hospital admissions which occur in a defined period (within 90 days) following childbirth and may involve either complications related to pregnancy and/or delivery or unrelated medical con... |
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Postpartum Psychological Distress
Any form of psychological distress (e.g., anxiety and/or depression) occurring between birth and one-year postpartum. A woman was considered to have postpartum psychological distress if in the 12 months after giving birth (or hospital discharge in case of... |
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Postterm Birth
A birth where the gestational age of the infant is 42 or more weeks. |
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Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL)
PYLL is an indicator of early death (before age 75) that gives greater weight to deaths occurring at a younger age than to those at later ages. PYLL emphasizes the loss of the potential contribution that younger individuals can make to society. By emphasi... |
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Potentially Avoidable Death Rates
This indicator is expressed as the average annual rate of potentially avoidable deaths per 1,000 residents age 0-74. Potentially Avoidable Deaths were defined by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) in 2016. See the CIHI web site for mo... |
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Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Benzodiazepines to Older Adults (75+)
The crude percentage of seniors age 75+ who had at least two prescriptions for Benzodiazepines or a greater than a 30 day supply in a fiscal year. Separate rates are provided for community-dwelling seniors, and those resident in Personal Care Homes (PCH) ... |
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PPHSI
acronym for Prototype Poor Health Status Index (PPHSI) |
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PPHSS
acronym for Provincial Public Health Statistic System (PPHSS) |
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PPV
acronym for Positive Predictive Value (PPV) |
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Practice Populations
All persons receiving care from one physician or at one particular physician practice. Several different methods can be used to define a practice population: Plurality, Equivalent, and Majority Source of Care Method. |
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Practice Size
Used in the regression analyses, this was defined as the total number of patient visits to the physician in the study year. |
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Practice Stability
See Physician Practice Stability. |
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