| certificate of need | A certificate issued by a governmental body to an individual or organization proposing to construct or modify a health facility, or to offer a new or different service. The process of issuing the certificate is also included. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| need | 1. A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want. "And the city had no need of the sun." (Rev. Xxi. 23) "I have no need to beg." (Shak) "Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy." (Jer. Taylor) 2. Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution. "Famine is in thy cheeks; Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes." (Shak) 3. That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl) necessary things; business. 4. Situation of need; peril; danger. Synonym: Exigency, emergency, strait, extremity, necessity, distress, destitution, poverty, indigence, want, penury. Need, Necessity. Necessity is stronger than need; it places us under positive compulsion. We are frequently under the necessity of going without that of which we stand very greatly in need. It is also with the corresponding adjectives; necessitous circumstances imply the direct pressure of suffering; needy circumstances, the want of aid or relief. Origin: OE. Need, neod, nede, AS. Nead, n<ymac/d; akin to D. Nood, G. Not, noth, Icel. Nauthr, Sw. & Dan. Nod, Goth. Naups. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| death certificate | Official, legal document and vital record, signed by a licensed physician or other designated authority, that includes cause of death, decedent's name, sex, place of residence, date of death; other information, e.g., birth date, birth place, occupation may be included; the immediate cause of death is recorded on the first line of the certificate, followed by the condition(s) giving rise to this, with the underlying cause on the last line; the underlying cause is coded and tabulated in official publications of mortality. (05 Mar 2000) |