| health facilities, proprietary | Health care institutions operated by private groups or corporations for a profit. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| health care facilities, manpower, and services | The services provided in the delivery of health care, associated facilities in health care, and attendant manpower required or available. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| health facilities | Institutions which provide medical or health-related services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| proprietary | 1. A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right. 2. A body proprietors, taken collectively. 3. A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession. Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine. Proprietary articles, manufactured articles which some person or persons have exclusive right to make and sell. Origin: L. Proprietarius: cf. F. Proprietaire. See Propriety, and cf. Proprietor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| proprietary hospital | A hospital similar to a group hospital except that it is controlled by a single practitioner or by the practitioner and the associates in his or her office, a hospital operated for profit. Synonym: proprietary hospital. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proprietary medicine | <pharmacology> A medicinal compound the formula and mode of manufacture of which are the property of the maker. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proprietary name | <pharmacology> The protected brand name or trademark, registered with the U.S. Patent Office, under which a manufacturer markets its product. It is written with a capital initial letter and is often further distinguished by a superscript R in a circle. Compare: generic name, nonproprietary name. Origin: L. Proprietas, ownership (05 Mar 2000) |
| hospitals, proprietary | Hospitals owned and operated by a corporation or an individual that operate on a for-profit basis, also referred to as investor-owned hospitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambulatory care facilities | Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cancer care facilities | Institutions specializing in the care of cancer patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiac care facilities | Institutions specializing in the care of patients with heart disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parking facilities | Indoor or outdoor areas designated for the parking of vehicles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| residential facilities | Long-term care facilities which provide supervision and assistance in activities of daily living with medical and nursing services when required. (12 Dec 1998) |
| public facilities | An area of recreation or hygiene for use by the public. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skilled nursing facilities | Extended care facilities which provide skilled nursing care or rehabilitation services for inpatients on a daily basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental facilities | Use for material on dental facilities in general or for which there is no specific heading. (12 Dec 1998) |