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Socio-Economic Risk Index (SERI)
(3 points) (Concept) To examine the relationship of a population's socioeconomic characteristics to its health status and use of health care services, a composite Socio-Economic Risk Index (SERI) was developed for the Population Health Information System. From a set ... |
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Social and Recreational Programs - Winnipeg
(3 points) (Concept) NOTE: This data is archived in the MCHP Data Repository as it is felt that it will no longer be used in our research. The Social and recreational programs variables were derived from a database of social, recreation, and other programs th... |
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Waiting Times for Surgery
(3 points) (Concept) Waiting times were first defined as the time between the date of a patient's last pre-operative visit to the surgeon and the date of the surgery (DeCoster et al., 1998). This measure of surgical waiting time was developed because, except for cardia... |
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Measures of Neighbourhoods
(3 points) (Concept) The following document details the measurement of Winnipeg neighbourhoods on several physical variables. ArcView was used to locate amenities etc. in order to assign them to the 12 Community Areas (CA's) , |
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Asthma - Measuring Prevalence
(3 points) (Concept) This concept contains information on how asthma been defined in MCHP research using administrative data, including a brief definition, a broad review of existing literature published prior to 2006, and specific algorithms since then that have define... |
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Variance
(3 points) (Concept) Variance is a technique used in statistical analysis to calculate the degree of variance of collected data. The most logical reference point in data analysis is the mean, notated as 
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Measures of Comorbidity
(3 points) (Concept) This concept identifies and briefly describes the measures of comorbidity investigated in the Cancer Data Linkage in Manitoba: Expanding the Infrastructure for Research deliverable by Lix et al. (2016). Some of these measures... |
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Number of Children
(3 points) (Concept)
Number of children has been defined at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP)...
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Siblings
(3 points) (Concept) Administrative data provide large numbers of individuals and families for selecting birth cohorts and tracking them through time. At MCHP, both the mother's identification number - an encrypted PHIN (Personal Heath Information Number) - and the fami... |
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Employment and Income Assistance (EIA)
(3 points) (Concept) The provincial Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) program is a last resort for people who need help to meet basic personal and family needs. Wherever possible, the program is aimed at helping people find a job or get back to work. Eligibility fo... |
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Obesity: Measuring Prevalence Using Body Mass Index (BMI)
(3 points) (Concept) This concept describes how the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) measures obesity using the body mass index (BMI) . It discusses data sources used and how BMI has been defined for adults and c... |
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Costing Methods: An Overview of Costing Health Services in Manitoba
(3 points) (Concept) This concept provides an overview of the different costing methods for health care services that have been used in MCHP research over time. Links to additional information are provided throughout the concept. The overview is divided into two majo... |
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Intellectual Disability (ID) (Mental Retardation) / Developmental Disability (DD) / Developmental Disorders / Intellectual or Developmental Disability (IDD)
(3 points) (Concept) This concept briefly describes the conditions of intellectual disability (mental retardation) / developmental disability / developmental disorders, and provides operational definitions used in research that utilizes the Manitoba Centre for Health Po... |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - Measuring Treatment Prevalence
(3 points) (Concept) This concept identifies data sources and diagnostic codes used to identify cases of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in research conducted by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP). This information can be used to estimate the prevalence of trea... |
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Special Needs Children - Method of Identification from Education Data
(3 points) (Concept) This concept briefly discusses the Special Needs data available in the Education database at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP). It provides a description of guidelines and criteria used by Manitoba Education to identify children with spec... |
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Disability - Data Sources for Measuring Prevalence
(3 points) (Concept) This concept identifies and discusses possible data sources for identifying individuals with disabilities. This includes a look at survey information from Statistics Canada and from a variety of databases available in the Manitoba Population Resear... |
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