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| health care sector | Economic sector concerned with the provision, distribution, and consumption of health care services and related products. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| health care surveys | Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health centre | An institution or group of institutions providing all types of medical care and preventive services to a population. (05 Mar 2000) |
| health education | Education that increases the awareness and favourably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health education, dental | Education which increases the awareness and favourably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of dental health on a personal or community basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health expenditures | The amounts spent by individuals, groups, nations, or private or public organizations for total health care and/or its various components. These amounts may or may not be equivalent to the actual costs (health care costs) and may or may not be shared among the patient, insurers, and/or employers. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facilities | Institutions which provide medical or health-related services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facilities, proprietary | Health care institutions operated by private groups or corporations for a profit. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility administrators | Managerial personnel responsible for implementing policy and directing the activities of health care facilities such as nursing homes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility closure | The closing of any health facility, e.g., health centres, residential facilities, and hospitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility environment | Physical surroundings or conditions of a hospital or other health facility and influence of these factors on patients and staff. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility merger | The combining of administrative and organizational resources of two or more health care facilities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility moving | The relocation of health care institutions or units thereof. The concept includes equipment relocation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility planning | Areawide planning for health care institutions on the basis of projected consumer need. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility size | The physical space or dimensions of a facility. Size may be indicated by bed capacity. (12 Dec 1998) |