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Prescribed Daily Dose (PDD)
One of four measures of intensity of use, this gives the average daily amount of a drug that is actually prescribed. |
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Prescribed Days Supplied
The total number of "days supplied" as recorded on the prescription records in the DPIN database. This measure indicates the intended number of days of therapy represented by a given prescription. It can be used to calculate the prescribed daily dosage ... |
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Prescribed Medications
Medications that are prescribed by a physician. To be differentiated from medications that are dispensed by a pharmacist. |
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Prescribing (Appropriateness) Indicator
A measure that indicates the alignment of prescribing with the processes of care as established by evidence-based guidelines. Examples of these indicators include prescribing criteria addressing acceptable durations of treatment, rates of rule-out investi... |
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Prescribing Protocols
Protocols set in place to help manage choices among therapeutically similar but chemically distinct products. They typically require that designated first-line treatment options be tried and exhausted before higher cost therapies are eligible for reimburs... |
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Prescription Cost
Total cost (ingredient cost plus professional fee) of prescription recorded in the Drug Program Information Network (DPIN) prescription database. Costs for prescriptions not reimbursed by Pharmacare or Family services were imputed using a formula describe... |
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Prescription Drug Claims
These are transactions for prescription drug claims. See Drug Program Information Network (DPIN) for more information. |
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Prescription Drug Database
See Drug Program Information Network (DPIN) Data. |
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Prescriptions
Any prescription dispensed in a retail pharmacy and recorded in the provincial prescription database (Drug Program Information Network (DPIN)). This includes prescriptions paid out-of-pocket and prescriptions reimbursed by Manitoba's Pharmacare and Family... |
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Prescriptions Dispensed
The number of prescriptions filled. This does not include prescriptions written but not filled. |
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Presenting Complaint Categories
Each emergency department (ED) visit record lists the main reason the patient went to the ED; these are known as presenting complaints. Presenting complaints differ from diagnoses in that the patient may initially present with vague symptoms such as chest... |
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Preterm Birth
A live birth where the gestational age of the infant is less than 37 weeks. Preterm births are frequently categorized as early preterm and late preterm. |
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Preterm Birth Rate
The preterm birth rate is expressed as the percent of live births with a gestational age of less than 37 completed weeks out of all live births in Manitoba hospitals (ICD–10–CA code Z38). Records with gestational age missing, less than 20 weeks, or gr... |
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Prevalence
The term prevalence refers to the proportion of the population that "has"** a given disease at a given time. The measure of a condition in a population at a given point in time is referred to as point prevalence. A second type is called period prevalence.... |
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Preventative Care
See Preventive Care / Services. |
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Preventive Care / Services
Medical services typically delivered by physicians and public health nurses that are directed at the prevention or early detection of disease. There are two levels or types of preventive care: primary preventive care (immunizations) and secondary preventi... |
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Preventive Care Index (PCI)
An index that measures the extent to which physicians provide appropriate preventive services to their eligible patients. It includes three such services: childhood immunizations, influenza vaccination for seniors, and cervical cancer screening. The Index... |
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Preventive Intervention
See Preventive Care / Services. |
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Preventive Medical Services
See Preventive Care / Services. |
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Preventive Medicine
See Preventive Care / Services. |
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