| Health Maintenance Organization |
A type of health care plan that offers patients medical coverage with low or no copayments for visits to doctors and hospitals that belong to that HMO network. Home inspection:
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| Healthy People 2010 |
a Department of Health and Human Services initiative that provides benchmarks for the progress of the health of Americans for the next 10 years, with supporting objectives in disease prevention and health promotion.
Ãâó: www.cdc.gov/niosh/2001-118l.html
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| health |
Mortality measures are used as a proxy for population health, since they are easily measured, allowing comparisons among populations, common ones include:
Ãâó: depts.washington.edu/eqhlth/pages/glossary.html
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| healthful |
promoting good health, as in: A healthful diet builds strong bones.
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| healthy |
possessing good health, as in: I am thankful I am healthy.
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