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Travelling to Give Birth - Location
In Heaman et al. (2012), this indicator measures the proportion of women who travelled outside of their Regional Health Authority (RHA) of residence to give birth. In some areas, this may not represent a great distance. In Fransoo et al. (2019), this ... |
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Treatment Factors
Certain treatment factors that were available in the hospital file were thought to potentially influence length of stay. These included rehabilitation care, ventilatory support, dialysis, and PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) tube insertion. The W... |
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Treatment Prevalence
The term prevalence refers to the proportion of the population that 'has' a given disease at a given time. The administrative data used do not directly indicate who 'has' a disease, but rather who received health services 'treatment' for that disease; tha... |
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Treaty Indian
A person of aboriginal ancestry who holds treaty status under the Federal Indian Act, as identified through the municipality codes indicating the registered reserve. |
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Treaty Status Indian
See Treaty Indian. |
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Triage
The process of selecting and prioritizing patients based on the urgency of their need for care. Commencing 2004/05, patients arriving at a WRHA emergency department or urgent care clinic were triaged using the Canadian Emergency Department Triage & Acuity... |
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Tribal Council (TC)
“For the purpose of accessing Tribal Council Program funding, a Tribal Council is a grouping of bands, (bands as defined by the Indian Act), with common interests who voluntarily join together to provide advisory and/or program services to member bands"... |
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Tribal Council Areas (TCA)
Tribal Council Areas are groupings of First Nation communities affiliated with the seven official Tribal Councils (TCs), as well as Independent and Non-Affiliated First Nation communities. The official TCs include: Dakota Ojibway TC, Interlake Reserves TC... |
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Trim Point
The point after which a length of stay (LOS) is determined to be abnormally long, and any additional days are classified as outlier days. |
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Trimester
"Three months, or one third of the gestational time for pregnancy." (Olds SB et al., 2004) |
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Triple Test
The triple test is a blood test that is offered to all pregnant women in Manitoba through the Manitoba Maternal Serum Screening Programme. The test measures three components in the mother's blood that are made by the baby or the placenta, and the test scr... |
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Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (TIV)
An immunization against influenza that includes three virus strains: two from the human influenza A subtypes and one from the influenza B lineages. TIV is reformulated annually to compensate for variation in the antigen strains. Please see the |
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TRM
acronym for Total Respiratory Morbidity (TRM) |
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Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that is acquired through an infection from a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB is highly contagious: it is spread through the air by individuals with infected lungs or throats when they cough, sneeze, or talk. ... |
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Turnover Rate - Family Physicians (FP)
The workforce turnover rate was calculated by adding the number of Family Physicians (FP) new to Winnipeg plus the number of Winnipeg FPs who left each year, divided by the number of FPs who billed Manitoba Health. |
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TURP
acronym for Transurethral Prostatectomy (TURP) |
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Twins
Two children born on the same birth episode to the same mother. For more information, ple...
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Two Parent Family
Two individuals who have registered their marital union with Manitoba Health and who have...
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Type I Diabetes Mellitus
The diagnosis-based definition is at least three physician claims for diabetes diagnoses (ICD-9-CM=250: Diabetes mellitus) over 2 years, excluding Treaty First Nations children. |
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Type I Error
A statistical error that produces a false positive result, whereby the test statistic predicts incorrectly a significant difference or correlation between groups. The likelihood of Type I errors can be reduced by using more conservative alpha level (thres... |
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