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T & A
acronym for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (T & A) |
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Target Hospital
The hospital of primary interest, from a list of 10 hospitals which were analyzed, including: Brandon, Dauphin, Flin Flon, Morden-Winkler, The Pas, Portage, Selkirk, Steinbach, Swan River, and Thompson. |
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Tariff Codes
A tariff code is a specific code used to identify each service provided by a physician or a nurse practitioner as defined in the Physician (Tariff) Manual. |
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Tariff Manual
See Physician Manual. |
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Tariff Rates and Descriptions Data
The Tariff Rates and Descriptions data contains annual updated information from Manitoba Health on the tariff codes and fees that are paid for specific services. This data is related to the tariffs that are found in the |
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Tariffs
A tariff is the fee-schedule (amount paid) for each service, or group of services provided by a physician or a nurse practitioner. See the Tariff Codes glossary term for more information. |
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Teaching Clinic Model of Primary Care
There are three clinics whose primary responsibility is the training of family medicine residents. These clinics are funded through different funding mechanisms due to their mandate for education, with primary care providers being funded through a similar... |
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Teaching Hospitals
Hospitals that are associated with the University of Manitoba Medical School and are thus also used for instructional purposes. The two teaching hospitals in Manitoba are St. Boniface General Hospital and the Health Sciences Centre. |
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Technical Care
One of two key processes of care, it refers to the application of clinical medicine to a personal health problem. It is based upon a theory of function which can be evaluated for efficacy and generally standardized. The other key process is interpersonal ... |
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Technical Efficiency
The lower the cost required to provide an activity or service, the more efficient the mode of delivery. |
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Teen (Mother) at First Birth
Any female that has given birth to her first child at age 19 or younger. Because the age at which a given female first gives birth can never change thereafter, these females are considered to be teens at first birth irrespective of their current age. |
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Teen Birth
The birth of a baby to a female under the age of 20. In Brownell et al. (2012), teen birth was defined as the rate of hospitalizations per 1,000 females 15 to 19 years for live birth (ICD-9-CM V27; ICD-10-CA Z37) over five-year periods. |
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Teen Birth Rate
The teen birth rate was calculated using hospital data by taking the ratio of live births to females aged 15 to 19 years to the total female population of the same age. As with teen pregnancy, teen birth rates were also calculated for 12- to 19-year-old f... |
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Teen Mother
Any female that gives birth at age 19 or younger. |
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Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy includes live births, stillbirths, abortions and ectopic pregnancies of women under the age of twenty. Rates of teenage pregnancy are usualluy calculated for females aged 15-19 due to the small number of events in females aged 10-14. ... |
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Teenage Pregnancy Rate
The teen pregnancy rate was calculated using data from hospital records by taking the ratio of all live and stillbirths, abortions and ectopic pregnancies for females aged 15 to 19 years to the total female population of the same age. No adjustment for ag... |
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Telehealth
Telehealth is the process of using information and communications technologies (ICTs) to deliver health information, services and expertise over short and long distances. Telehealth applications are important tools for enhancing health care delivery, part... |
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Temperature Data
see Weather Data. |
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Temporary Resident
A foreign national has temporary resident status in Canada when they have been found to meet...
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Tenant Management System (TMS)
The data collection and management system used by Manitoba Housing and Community Development to administer the Social Housing Program in Manitoba. The TMS data contains information on all households living in units directly managed by Manitoba Housing. Re... |
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Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine,
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences,
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University of Manitoba
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