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281.	Primipara "A woman who has had one birth at more than 20 weeks' gestation, regardless of whether the infant is born alive or dead." (Olds SB et al., 2004).
282.	Primiparous See Primipara glossary term.
283.	Principal Components Analysis A method of factor analysis in which the total variance in a data set of many variables is analysed. That is, every variable contributes all of its variance (the sum of each score's squared difference from the mean) in an attempt to identify an underlying...
284.	Principal Diagnosis Used in the United States to represent the discharge diagnosis responsible for the hospital admission. Studies have shown a 98% equivalence rate for AMI, comparing with the term "primary diagnosis" that is used in Canada. Also referred to as Most Responsi...
285.	Private Cost-Total The total amount for the purchase of prescriptions dispensed not paid by Manitoba Health. Referred to as private sector costs, it includes payments through private insurance or out-of-pocket individual expenditures incurred before patients reach their ded...
286.	Probation Probation may be ordered by the court as part of a sentence requiring the accused to be of...
287.	Procedures These are procedures, especially surgery, that are defined in ICD-9-CM.
288.	Process Hearing A process hearing is type of administrative court hearing, At these hearings a Justice of ...
289.	Process Measures These measures reflect the actual delivery and receipt of care, encompassing both clinical effectiveness and interpersonal effectiveness (care). One of three key categories of measurement of quality of care, it encompasses both clinical and interpersonal ...
290.	Process Quality Indicators (QIs) Indicators that reflect the standards of care provided by evaluating the clinical and interpersonal effectiveness (care) of healthcare staff without necessarily taking into account the health needs of the individual. (Campbell et al., 2000).
291.	Project-Specific Quality Type of quality evaluation and a component in the MCHP Data Quality Framework. This component encompasses concepts of accuracy and validity, both used to determine the usability of data for project-specific analyses. As opposed to measures of database-sp...
292.	Propensity Scores Propensity scores are used to estimate the effect of receiving treatment when random assignment of treatments to subjects is not feasible. The estimated propensity score for a subject is the conditional probability of being assigned to a particular treatm...
293.	Prophylactic Measures Prophylactic measures are measures designed to prevent the occurrence of an adverse event, a disease or its dissemination. Examples of prophylactic measures for patient safety include: standard protocols, procedures or actions such as compression stocking...
294.	Proportion of Visits to Usual Provider (Continuity of Care) Proportion of visits to most frequently seen physician during the year.
295.	Proprietary Personal Care Home (PCH) Describes a type of personal care home (PCH) that is operated on a for profit basis. In Manitoba, all proprietary PCHs are free-standing facilities.
296.	Prosecutions Information and Scheduling Management (PRISM) System Data The Prosecutions Information and Scheduling Management (PRISM) System data from Manitoba J...
297.	Prospective Studies A study that follow individuals forward through time.
298.	Protection This category applies to child protection investigations and interventions under Part III of The Child and Family Services Act.
299.	Protective Factors Protective factors are those things that help individuals contend more effectively with risk factors and unhealthy health events. They enhance the current and future resiliency of an individual, and are important to healthy development.
300.	Protective Services Families where children are in need of protection are provided with protective services from Child and Family Services, which are services provided when a child's life, health or emotional well-being are seen as endangered. These services are provided wit...

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