| NHS | CCC National Health Service Centre for Coding and Classification [UK] |
|---|---|
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| ICD | I-cell disease; immune complex disease; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; impulse-control diso... |
| ASHA | American School Health Association; American Social Health Association; American Speech and Hearing ... |
| BH | base hospital; benzalkonium and heparin; bill of health; birth history; Bishop-Harman [instruments];... |
| NINDS | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
|---|---|
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NMCUES | National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey |
| NREVSS | National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System |
| NSABP | National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project |
| quality assurance, health care | Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps. (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| quality indicators, health care | Norms, criteria, standards, and other direct qualitative and quantitative measures used in determinng the quality of health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quality of health care | The levels of excellence which characterise the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, health | Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, health, reimbursement | Payment by a third-party payer in a sum equal to the amount expended by a health care provider or facility for health services rendered to an insured or program beneficiary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care | A classification of diseases, conditions and problems arranged for use in primary care where diagnostic precision is seldom possible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational health | The promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational health nursing | The practice of nursing in the work environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational health services | Health services for employees, usually provided by the employer at the place of work. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oral health | The optimal state of the mouth and normal functioning of the organs of the mouth without evidence of disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employer health costs | That portion of total health care costs borne by an individual's or group's employing organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| environmental health | The science of controlling or modifying those conditions, influences, or forces surrounding man which relate to promoting, establishing, and maintaining health. (12 Dec 1998) |
| family health | The health status of the family as a unit including the impact of the health of one member of the family on the family as a unit and on individual family members; also, the impact of family organization or disorganization on the health status of its members. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states health care financing administration | A component of the department of health and human services to oversee and direct the medicare and medicaid programs and related federal medical care quality control staffs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states indian health service | A division of the united states public health service that is responsible for the public health and the provision of medical services to native american indian populations in the united states, primarily those residing on reservation lands. (12 Dec 1998) |