Term: Cancellation of Healthcare Coverage

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2022-09-20

Definition:

A Manitoba resident may have their provincial healthcare coverage cancelled in the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry for a variety of reasons including:

• death,
  
• moving out of province, either to another province / territory or out of country,
  
• joining the military or RCMP,
  
• becoming an inmate of a federal prison,
  
• no longer a ward of the province,
  
• expiration of a visa for temporary residents or international students,
  
• cannot be located, or
  
• other

The variables in the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry data relevant to the cancellation of healthcare coverage include: Coverage End Date (CANCDT) and Reason for Cancellation of Healthcare Coverage Code (CANCCODE).

Using the appropriate Cancellation of Healthcare Coverage Reason codes, these can be used as a proxy for moves out of the province in order to calculate indicators such as outmigration. For temporary residents or students on a visa, the cancellation date is based on the visa expiry date.

Related concepts 

• Duration of Residence
• Immigration / Migration Overview - Links to Immigration / Migration Data and Related Concepts and Glossary Terms
• Manitoba Health Insurance Registry / MCHP Research Registry - Overview
• Outmigration or Emigration

Related terms 

• Cannot Locate
• Coverage End Date
• Manitoba Health Insurance Registry Data
• Migrant / Migration
• Remigration

References 

• Urquia M, Walld R, Prior H, Detillieux G, Eze N, Koseva I. The Diversity of Immigrants to Manitoba, Migration Dynamics and Basic Healthcare Service Use. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2020. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)