Term: Health Status Indicators

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

A set of indicators developed in 1 of 5 major modules of POPULIS, designed to examine various aspects of health status in a community. There are 102 indicators divided into the following 6 categories: Demographic Profile, Low Birthweight, Health Care System Sensitive Indicators, Mortality Indicators: population and cause-specific, Hospitalization Indicators, and Physician Visit Indicators.

Related concepts 

• Health Status Indicators
• Health Status Indicators - Recommended for Monitoring Regional Health Authority (RHA) Performance and Planning Delivery of Service

Related terms 

• Adjusted Clinical Group ® (ACG®) Case-Mix System
• Age-Specific Mortality Rate
• Cancer Indicators
• Child Health Status Indicators
• Chronic Disease Indicators
• Crude Rate
• Demographic Profile
• Determination of Mortality
• Determination of Rates
• Disability Among Youth
• Discharge Diagnosis
• Excess Mortality / Death
• Excess Persons Hospitalized
• Excess Physician Visits
• Excess Rates
• Extremes Of Age
• Functional Limitations Indicators
• Health
• Health Care System Sensitive Indicators
• Health Status
• Hospitalization Indicators
• Hospitalizations
• Infectious Disease Indicators
• Injury Indicators
• Mortality Indicators
• Patient Characteristics
• Physician Visit Indicators
• Population-Based Health Information System (POPULIS)
• Prototype Poor Health Status Index (PPHSI)
• Rate Event Indicators
• Region of Residence
• Single Event Rate Indicators

Links 

• Data Extras - See Section 3 - Health Status from POPULIS (1999) Report

References 

• Black C, Roos NP, Fransoo R, Martens PJ. Comparative Indicators of Population Health and Health Care use for Manitoba's Regional Health Authorities: A POPULIS Project. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1999. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Brownell M, Roos NP. Monitoring the Winnipeg Hospital System: The Update Report 1993/1994. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1996. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Cohen MM, MacWilliam L. Population Health: Health Status Indicators. Volume II: Tables and Figures. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1994. [Report] (View)
• Frohlich N, Markesteyn T, Roos NP, Carriere KC, Black C, De Coster C, Burchill CA, MacWilliam L. A Report on the Health Status, Socio-Economic Risk and Health Care Use of the Manitoba Population, 1992-93 and Overview of the 1990-91 to 1992-93 Findings. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1994. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Martens PJ, Bond R, Jebamani L, Burchill C, Roos NP, Derksen S, Beaulieu M, Steinbach C, MacWilliam L, Walld R, Dik N, Sanderson D, Health Information and Research Committee AoMC, Tanner-Spence M, Leader A, Elias B, O'Neil J. The Health and Health Care Use of Registered First Nations People Living in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2002. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)