| HCPCS | Health Care Financing Administration common procedural collecting system; Health Care Financing Admi... |
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| HDS | Hamilton Depression Scale; Health Data Services; health delivery system; Healthcare Data Systems; he... |
| HEDIS | Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set; health employer data and information set |
| HII | Health Industries Institute; Health Insurance Institute; hemagglutination inhibitor immunoassay |
| HIP | health illness profile; health insurance plan or program; homograft incus prosthesis; hospital insur... |
| health services research | The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| health services, indigenous | Health care provided to specific cultural or tribal peoples which incorporates local customs, beliefs, and taboos. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health status | The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health status index | Set of measurements designed to detect short-term fluctuations in health of members of a population; the measurements usually include physical function, emotional well-being, activities of daily living, feelings, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| health status indicators | The measurement of the health status for a given population using a variety of indices, including morbidity, mortality, and available health resources. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health surveys | A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health systems agencies | Health planning and resources development agencies which function in each health service area of the united states (pl 93-641). (12 Dec 1998) |
| health systems plans | Statements of goals for the delivery of health services pertaining to the health systems agency service area, established under pl 93-641, and consistent with national guidelines for health planning. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health transition | Demographic and epidemiologic changes that have occurred in the last five decades in many developing countries and that are characterised by major growth in the number and proportion of middle-aged and elderly persons and in the frequency of the diseases that occur in these age groups. The health transition is the result of efforts to improve maternal and child health via primary care and outreach services and such efforts have been responsible for a decrease in the birth rate; reduced maternal mortality; improved preventive services; reduced infant mortality, and the increased life expectancy that defines the transition. (12 Dec 1998) |
| healthful | 1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant. 2. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. "The healthful Spirit of thy grace." (Book of Common Prayer) 3. Indicating, characterised by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. "A mind . . . Healthful and so well-proportioned." (Macaulay) 4. Well-disposed; favorable. "Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| healthiness | The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| healthy | 1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant. "His mind was now in a firm and healthy state." (Macaulay) 2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion. 3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate. Synonym: Vigorous, sound, hale, salubrious, healthful, wholesome, salutary. Origin: Healthier; Healthiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| healthy worker effect | Phenomenon of workers' usually exhibiting overall death rates lower than those of the general population due to the fact that the severely ill and disabled are ordinarily excluded from employment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national health planning information centre | A centre in the health resources administration division of planning methods and technology which provides access to current information on health planning and resources development. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| national health programs | Components of a national health care system which administer specific services, e.g., national health insurance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national institute for occupational safety and health | An institute of the centres for disease control and prevention which is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions and for developing standards of safety and health. Research activities are carried out pertinent to these goals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national institute of mental health | A component of the national institutes of health concerned with research, overall planning, promoting, and administering mental health programs and research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| National Institutes of Health | <organisation> A nonregulatory U.S. Federal agency which has oversight of research activities that the agency funds. (09 Oct 1997) |
| state health planning and development agencies | Agencies established under pl93-641 to coordinate, conduct, and implement state health planning activities. Two primary responsibilities are the preparation of an annual state health plan and giving assistance to the statewide health coordinating council. (12 Dec 1998) |
| state health plans | State plans prepared by the state health planning and development agencies which are made up from plans submitted by the health systems agencies and subject to review and revision by the statewide health coordinating council. (12 Dec 1998) |
| student health services | Health services for college and university students usually provided by the educational institution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| students, health occupations | Individuals enrolled in a school or formal educational program in the health occupations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| suburban health | The status of health in suburban populations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| suburban health services | Health services, public or private, in suburban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delivery of health care | The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delivery of health care, integrated | A health care system which combines physicians, hospitals, and other medical services with a health plan to provide the complete spectrum of medical care for its customers. In a fully integrated system, the three key elements - physicians, hospital, and health plan membership - are in balance in terms of matching medical resources with the needs of purchasers and patients. (coddington et al., integrated health care: reorganizing the physician, hospital and health plan relationship, 1994, p7) (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental health services | Services designed to promote, maintain, or restore dental health. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental health surveys | A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to dental or oral health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Closure, Health Facility, Closure, Hospital, Closures, Health Facility, Closures, Hospital, Facility Closure, Health, Facility Closures, Health, Health Facility Closures
Synonyms : Environment, Health Facility, Family Planning, Environment, Environments, Health Facility, Facility Environment, Health, Health Facility Environments
Synonyms : Acquisitions, Health Facility, Facility Acquisition, Health, Facility Acquisitions, Health, Facility Merger, Health, Facility Mergers, Health, Health Facility Acquisitions, Health Facility Mergers, Hospital Mergers, Merger, Hospital, Mergers, Health Facility
Synonyms : Moving, Hospital, Facility Moving, Health
Synonyms : Conversion, Health Facility, Conversions, Health Facility, Facility Conversion, Health, Facility Conversions, Health, Facility Planning, Health, Facility Plannings, Health, Health Facility Conversions, Health Facility Plannings, Plannings, Health Facility
| health |
A toast or a wish for someone's well-being.
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| Health Maintenance Organization |
An organization that provides health care based upon a fixed monthly premium.
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| health-related quality of life |
Patient outcome measures that extend beyond traditional measures of mortality and morbidity, to include such dimensions as physiology, function, social activity, cognition, emotion, sleep and rest, energy and vitality, health perception, and general life satisfaction. (Some of these are also known as health status, functional status, or quality of life measures.)
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| health insurance |
It is also called accident and sickness insurance, medical insurance. In general, any insurance program covering medical expenses and/or income lost owing to illness or accidental injury. Such insurance may cover some or all of the expense of hospitalization; surgery; physicians?fees; drugs and medicines; laboratory tests, X-rays, and other diagnostic procedures; radiation therapy; maternity and nursing care; eyeglasses, crutches, prostheses, etc. ...
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| health education |
The education of health behaviors that bring an individual to a state of health awareness.
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