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Respiratory Disease
See Total Respiratory Morbidity (TRM). |
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Respiratory Disease Mortality
Identified using Vital Statistics data with ICD-9 codes in the range 460-519. |
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Respiratory Disease Treatment Prevalence
The number of individuals with episodes of health care utilization for asthma or related conditions. |
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Respiratory Infections
One of six diagnostic quality indicators (QIs). Events of respiratory infections were counted using the ICD-9-CM codes 480 through 487 in both the medical services and the hospital discharge abstracts data. These ICD-9-CM codes are used to diagnose variou... |
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Respite / Respite Care
Care provided for weekend or extended periods (e.g.: vacation) for the relief of family members who regularly provide extensive care to a family member. Such care is based on a Home Care assessment and may be provided at home as a Home Care service or thr... |
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Respite Days
The number of days for which a patient receives respite care. |
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Respondent Attrition
Loss of subjects (e.g.,. respondents answering questions in a survey or interview) over the course of the research project. Attrition may be a source of bias if the subjects who are lost make the sample less representative of the population. |
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Retained Student
A student who was enrolled in the same grade for two consecutive years, and who did not have an aberrant pattern of promotion any other year (for example, retention one year and promotion of two grades the next, or a progression backwards). NOTE: |
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Retention - Education related
Students who were enrolled in the same grade for two consecutive years, and who did not have an aberrant pattern of promotion any other year (for example, retention one year and promotion of two grades the next, or a progression backwards). NOTE: |
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Retention Rate - Education related
The percentage of students retained from one year to the next. The denominator includes all students who were enrolled in grade the first year except for students with aberrant patterns of promotion (for example, a retention one year and a promotion of tw... |
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Retention Rates, Kindergarten to Grade 8
Retention refers to students who were enrolled in the same grade for two consecutive years, and who did not have an aberrant pattern of promotion any other year (for example, retention one year and promotion of two grades the next year, or a progression b... |
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Retrospective Studies
A study where data is collected from past records or from an individual's recollections. Retrospective designs can be either cohort or case-control. |
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Revised-Graduated Prenatal Care Utilization Index (R-GINDEX)
A measure of the adequacy of prenatal care by a healthcare provider. Knowledge of three birth-related outcomes are required to calculate R-GINDEX: a) the gestational age of the infant (date of pregnancy and birth); b) the trimester during which... |
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RHA
acronym for Regional Health Authority (RHA) |
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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack the joints. It is a disabling and painful inflammatory condition, which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruc... |
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RI
acronym for Referral Index (RI) |
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RIS
acronym for Radiology Information System (RIS) |
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Risk Adjustment
A process used most frequently in the insurance industry to recognize that some individuals or groups may require more costly healthcare than others. Risk adjustment considers past utilization of services and basic demographic information (i.e., age and s... |
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Risk Factors
A range of health-related behaviours, and social and environmental conditions that can have a negative impact on the health of an individual, by increasing the risk of ill health. Data about risk factors can assist in explaining trends in the health statu... |
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Risk-Adjusted
A variable that has been adjusted to account for the effects of age, sex and other comorbidities. |
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