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301.	Provincial Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita The GDP is a relative measure of the wealth of the individual provinces. If provincial health expenditures are a function of need for health care, one might expect the residents of poorer provinces to have poorer health status and require higher health ca...
302.	Provincial Health Insurance Registry See Manitoba Health Insurance Registry Data.
303.	Provincial Nominee The provincial nominee program is for skilled workers who wish to migrate and settle in the d...
304.	Provincial Public Health Statistic System (PPHSS) Data The Provincial Public Health Statistic System (PPHSS) is a data collection system used by Public Health service providers in the Manitoba Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) to collect and provide information on the delivery of public health activities in ...
305.	Provisional Billing Numbers A billing number assigned temporarily to a physician under certain conditions, that allow the physician to make claims and bill the government for services they provide.
306.	PSA acronym for Physician Service Areas (PSA)
307.	PSI acronym for Patient Safety Indicator (PSI)
308.	Psoriasis Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that causes areas of thickened, inflamed, red skin, often covered with silvery scales. Approximately one-third of people with psoriasis also have psoriatic arthritis, a condition that causes joint pain and swelling (Fe...
309.	Psychiatric Unit A designated unit within a hospital that allocates beds for patients with mental health disorders. In Manitoba, these include the Psychiatric Extended Treatment Unit in Grace General Hospital and the Forensic Psychiatry Unit in Health Sciences Centre.
310.	Psychiatrist Visits Psychiatrists are physicians specializing in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Psychologists also have advanced training in psychiatric disorders, but are not physicians and are not included in the medical claims data or in our definition of psychia...
311.	Psychosis / Psychoses Medical condition involving a loss of contact with reality, often with symptoms such as hallucinations (sensing things that are not present or do not exist) or delusions (fixed false beliefs in events or facts). Psychosis is defined as any claim for a ps...
312.	Psychostimulant Medications Medications used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. For a list of psychostimulant medications, including the DINs and ATC codes, used in the Child Health Atlas Update (2008), please see the Links section
313.	Psychotic Disorders Psychotic disorders in children is a broad term used to describe a group of disorders that are characterized by extreme impairment of the ability to think clearly, respond emotionally, communicate effectively, understand reality, and behave appropriately....
314.	Psychotic Mental Health Condition See Psychotic Disorder..
315.	Psychotropics Medications designed to influence the mind, emotions, and behavior. Includes antipsychotics, antidepressants, antianxiety agents, anti-panic agents, mood stabilizers, stimulants, opioids and hallucinogens (Miller and Keane, 2003). Additional Informa...
316.	PTCA acronym for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)
317.	Public Cost-Total The total amount the government spends toward the purchase of prescriptions dispensed. These include Pharmacare expenses after patients have reached their individual deductibles, payments under the Family Services plan, and the Non-Insured Benefits plan f...
318.	Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) The Government of Canada agency responsible for public health, whose "primary goal is to strengthen Canada's capacity to protect and improve the health of Canadians and to help reduce pressures on the health-care system". More information can be found ...
319.	Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) The Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) is an integrated information system that supports the collection and dissemination of information related to public health initiatives (e.g., immunizations, communicable disease control, health inspe...
320.	Public Health Nurses (PHNs) Nurses with expertise in areas such as communicable diseases, maternal-child and school health. PHNs deliver services within communities using a community-based model whereby services are driven by the needs and resources of a defined community.

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