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Severe Maternal Morbidity
These are additional conditions present with the mother during pregnancy that can cause complications and have an impact on the birth outcome, such as an increased maternal length of stay in hospital. In Heaman et al. (2012), they investigated and rep... |
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Severity of Illness
The severity of illness has been used as an indicator for estimating a patient's length of stay in hospital and determining a patient's need to acute hospital care. Brownell et al. (1992) based the definition of severity of illness on t... |
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Sex-Adjusted
Statistical rates that are adjusted for sex. |
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Sex-Standardized
See Sex-Adjusted and Adjusted Rates. |
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Sexual Activity
Adolescents aged 15-19 who answered "yes" to ever having sexual intercourse as reported in the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), cycles 2.1 and 3.1. |
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Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBIs)
Infections that are transmitted through sexual contact and/or by blood. Some sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), hepatitis B, and syphilis can also be transmitted through sharing of intravenous drug needl... |
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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
STIs are infections that are transmitted through sexual contact (oral, vaginal or anal) with an infected individual. Blood-borne infections are transmitted by blood. Some infections (e.g.: HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and syphilis) are capable of being transmitt... |
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SF-36
The SF-36 is the 36-item Short Form survey developed for the Medical Outcomes Study. It contains 36 questions about health status and functioning, developed and maintained by John E. Ware Jr. of the Institute for the Improvement of Medical Care and Health... |
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Shadow Billing
Claims (billings) submitted to the provincial government by physicians on alternate payment plans (APP) for services they provide. Unlike physician claims submitted by fee-for-service physicians for payment, these claims are for administrative purposes o... |
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Shadow Claims
See Shadow Billing. |
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Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS)
Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) provides public sector laboratory testing, diagnostic imaging procedures, and non-invasive cardiac tests to Manitobans. This includes the laboratory testing services formerly provided by Diagnostic Services Manitob... |
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Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Chemistry Data
The Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) (formerly called Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM)) - Chemistry data contains summary information on laboratory tests of blood, urine, tissue and other body fluids for tests performed at labs located in Winnip... |
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Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Hematology Data
The Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) (formerly called Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM)) – Hematology data contains summary information of laboratory tests on the amount and function of blood cells, plasma and other components of blood for test... |
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Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Immunology Data
The Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) (formerly called Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM)) – Immunology data contains summary information on a wide variety of very complex immunology laboratory tests performed at labs located in Winnipeg, Manitob... |
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Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Microbiology Data
The Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Microbiology data contains summary information on microbiology testing (e.g.: bacteriology, culture and sensitivity, subcultures) performed at labs located in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba. The data include... |
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Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Westman Regional Laboratory Data
The Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Westman Regional Laboratory data contains summary information on laboratory tests performed at the Westman lab located in Brandon, Manitoba. This includes chemistry, hematology and microbiology laboratory tes... |
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Short Stay (Care)
A term used to describe the period of length of stay of hospital inpatients. The definition of short stay has varied in the research conducted at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP): Roos et al. (1994) defined sh... |
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Short Stay Days
Usually refers to the total number of days related to inpatient hospital stays that are less than 60 days ( Brownell et al., 1996 ; Roos et al., 1994 ). This cut-off can vary with the study depending on the research question bei... |
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Short Stay Hospitalizations
Patients with a hospitalization of 30 days or less. |
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Short Stay Inpatient Care
See Acute Care. |
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