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Population Health Information System (PHIS)
See Population-Based Health Information System (POPULIS). |
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Population Health Research Unit (PHRU) Concept Dictionary
An on-line dictionary of the Population Health Research Unit (PHRU) Concept Dictionary at Dalhousie University. |
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Population Health Status
See Health Status. |
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Population Pyramid (Population Profile)
A graphic representation of the age and sex distribution of a population. The percentage of the population within each five-year age bracket is shown for both males and females. Most developing countries of the world will have a population pyramid tri... |
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Population Registry
See the term Manitoba Health Insurance Registry Data. |
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Population Size
The number of people living within the geographic area. |
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Population Surveillance
Langmuir, one of the originators of the modern concept, defined population surveillance in 1963 as "the continued watchfulness over the distribution and trends of incidence through the systematic collection, consolidation and evaluation of morbidity and m... |
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Population Weighted Analysis
Takes into consideration the different sizes of areas under consideration, giving weight to an area's population in determining an average utilization pattern. The patterns in more populous areas would play a greater role in defining an average pattern th... |
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Population-Based
The experience of ALL individuals in a group are tracked regardless of where the use (or death) occurs. Events that occur outside the geographic area are attributed back to the population group to which individuals belong. |
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Population-Based Health Information System (POPULIS)
Formerly called Population Health Information System (PHIS), POPULIS was developed by MCHP to provide population based information on the health and health care utilization of Manitobans. It links the health of the population to its use of health care ser... |
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POPULIS
acronym for Population-Based Health Information System (POPULIS) |
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PORTs
acronym for Patient Outcomes Research Teams (PORTs) |
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Positive and Negative Tests
Results of tests in determining the presence of a disease. When the disease has been identified, the test result is 'positive'; when the disease is absent, the test result is 'negative'. |
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Positive Predictive Value (PPV)
The positive predictive value of a test is the probability that the patient/subject has the disease/condition when restricted to those patients/subjects who test positive. This term is sometimes abbreviated as PPV. You can compute the positive predictive ... |
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Possible ALC (Alternate Level of Care)
Hospitalizations or days of hospital care categorized as Possible ALC (rather than Coded ALC) are those for which the patient did not have an ALC Reason Code included on their hospital abstract, and was not designated as Alternate Level of Care (ALC), but... |
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Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Care: Beta-Blocker Prescribing
The crude percentage of patients with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in five years of hospital discharge abstracts who filled at least one prescription for a |
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Post-Neonatal
Defined as age 29 days to 1 year. |
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Post-Operative Abdominopelvic Wound Dehiscence
Post-operative abdominopelvic wound dehiscence is the unintentional opening of a surgical wound of the abdomen after surgery. These cases require a second procedure to re-close the surgical site. |
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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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