| LPC | late positive component; lipocortin; longitudinal primary care [program]; lysophosphatidylcholine |
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| PACC | primary ambulatory care center; promoting aphasics' communicative competence |
| PBC | peripheral blood cell; point of basal convergence; pre-bed care; primary biliary cirrhosis; progesti... |
| PCL | pacing cycle length; persistent corpus luteum; plasma cell leukemia; posterior chamber lens; posteri... |
| PCM | patient care manager or management; patient classification system; primary cutaneous melanoma; proce... |
| nursing care | Care given to patients by nursing service personnel. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nursing plan of care | The written framework that provides direction for the delivery of nursing care. (05 Mar 2000) |
| day care | Institutional health care of patients during the day. The patients return home at night. (12 Dec 1998) |
| supportive care | Treatment given to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects and to improve the patient's comfort and quality of life. (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) |
| 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) |
| infant care | Care of infants in the home or institution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, long-term care | Health insurance to provide full or partial coverage for long-term home care services or for long-term nursing care provided in a residential facility such as a nursing home. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive care | Advanced and highly specialised care provided to medical or surgical patients whose conditions are life-threatening and require comprehensive care and constant monitoring. It is usually administered in specially equipped units of a health care facility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive care, neonatal | Continuous care and monitoring of newborn infants with life-threatening conditions, in any setting. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive care unit | A hospital facility for provision of intensive nursing and medical care of critically ill patients, characterised by high quality and quantity of continuous nursing and medical supervision and by use of sophisticated monitoring and resuscitative equipment; may be organised for the care of specific patient groups, e.g., neonatal or newborn ICU, neurological ICU, pulmonary ICU. Synonym: critical care unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intensive care units | Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| primary care physician |
(PCP) A PCP is a physician specializing in internal medicine, general practice, family practice, pediatrics, and/or obstetrics or gynecology chosen by the covered person to manage the continuity of his or her medical care. Certified Physician
출처: www.brevard.edu/FO/definitions.asp
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| primary care physician |
Some health insurance plans require members to select and seek treatment from a physician who provides treatment and/or referrals to appropriate specialists. This physician, the primary care physician, is usually an internist or family practice physician.
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| primary care |
The point when the patient first seeks assistance from the medical care system; also the care of the simpler and more common illnesses. The primary care provider usually also assumes ongoing responsibility for the patient in both health maintenance and treatment. (Gatekeeper)
출처: www.gdn.edu/Faculty/jwhite/MANAGED%20CARE%20TERMS....
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| primary care physician |
A doctor or other designated health care professional who provides regular basic care, usually a family or general practitioner, pediatrician, internist or obstetrician/gynecologist.
출처: www.panpha.org/HMOGlossary.htm
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| primary care physician |
The doctor in your HMO or POS network who serves as your health care manager and coordinates virtually all of the health care services you receive. Your primary care physician provides you with routine medical care and will refer you to a specialist if necessary.
출처: www.kelsey.com/glossary.html
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