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Vaccination for Influenza ("Flu shots") among Adults 65+
See Influenza Vaccinations / Influenza Immunizations glossary term. |
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Vaccination for Pneumonia among Adults 65+
See Immunizations for Pneumonia / Pneumococcal Immunization glossary term. |
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Vaccinations
The introduction of vaccines into the body to produce immunity to diseases. |
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Vaccine
A substance administered into the body to improve immunity to a certain disease. |
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Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
A national vaccine safety surveillance program in the United States of America that collects information about undesirable events that occur following vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are co-... |
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Vaccine-Preventable Infections
Infectious diseases that may be prevented through immunization coverage. As part of the National Immunization Strategy, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reports on a number of selected notifiable infectious diseases that are considered to be... |
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Vacuum Extraction
"An obstetric procedure used to assist in the birth of a fetus by applying suction to the fetal head with a soft suction cup attached to a suction bottle (pump) by tubing and placing the device against the occiput of the fetal head." (Olds SB et al., 2004... |
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Vaginal Birth
Birth of a child that is delivered vaginally and is not coded as a caesarean birth. |
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Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section (VBAC)
Women with a prior caesarean birth who subsequently delivered vaginally. In Heaman et al. (2012), a woman was considered to have had a previous caesarean delivery by the presence of one or more of the following codes: ICD-9-CM: 654.20, 654.21... |
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Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section (VBAC) Rate
This is the percent of women giving birth vaginally who had previously had at least one delivery by C-Section. Data comes from the hospital records. For a list of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CA diagnoses codes used to identify Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Se... |
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Vaginal Births with Epidural Anesthesia
This measure identifies the number of women giving birth vaginally (who received an epidural) and is calculated by dividing this number by the number of women giving birth vaginally in a given time and place. Analyses were limited to 2004/05 onwards due t... |
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Vaginal Breech Birth/Delivery
The birth of a baby from a breech presentation through the vagina. A vaginal breech birth was defined by the presence of one or more codes in the hospital discharge abstract for a Breech Birth and the abse... |
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Validity - Data Quality
In the MCHP Data Quality Framework, validity is a measure of data quality that indicates whether the data make sense. For more information on how validity applies to data quality, please see the internal validi... |
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Validity - Statistical
In statistics, a valid measure is one which is measuring what it is supposed to measure. Validity implies reliability (accuracy). A valid measure must be reliable, but a reliable measure need not be valid. Validity refers to getting results that accura... |
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Variable Costs
Expenditures that increase as the level of care required increases. Examples include nursing department and staff activity costs. |
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Variance
"A measure of the extent of the variation present in a set of data. It is obtained by taking the average of the sum of squares and hence is measured in squared units." (Hassard T, 1991, pg. G-6) |
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Varicella (V)
Also known as chicken pox, it is a contagious disease characterized by rash and fever and is caused by the varicella zoster virus. |
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Venn Diagram
A Venn diagram is an illustration of the relationships between and among sets, groups of objects that share something in common. Usually, Venn diagrams are used to depict set intersections (denoted by an upside-down letter U). This type of diagram is used... |
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Version
"Turning of the fetus in utero." (Olds SB et al., 2004). |
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Very Low Birth Weight
A birth weight of less than 1500 grams. |
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