| NDS | Naval Dental School; neurologic deficit score; new drug submission; normal dog serum |
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| NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine |
| NG | nasogastric; neoplastic growth; new growth; nitroglycerin; nodose ganglion; no growth; not given |
| nn | nerves; new name [Lat. nomen novum] |
| NND | neonatal death; New and Nonofficial Drugs; nonspecific nonerosive duodenitis |
| health fairs | Community health education events focused on prevention of disease and promotion of health through audiovisual exhibits. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| health food | A non-medical term defined by the lay public as a food that has little or no preservatives, which has not undergone major processing, enrichment or refinement and which may be grown without pesticides. Health foods have been attributed with the ability to prevent the development of diseases, slow the aging process, and prolong life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health indicator | Variable, susceptible to direct measurement, that reflects the state of health of persons in a community. (05 Mar 2000) |
| health maintenance organization | A comprehensive prepaid system of health care with emphasis on the prevention and early detection of disease, and continuity of care.HMOs may be nonprofit or profit-making ventures, and along with PPOs and managed care plans have come to define the U.S. Health care scene. HMOs generally offer a package of services; however, the choice of physician is frequently limited to those working within the HMO. (05 Mar 2000) |
| health maintenance organizations | Organised systems for providing comprehensive prepaid health care that have five basic attributes: 1) provide care in a defined geographic area; 2) provide or ensure delivery of an agreed-upon set of basic and supplemental health maintenance and treatment services; 3) provide care to a voluntarily enrolled group of persons; 4) require their enrollees to use the services of designated providers; and 5) receive reimbursement through a predetermined, fixed, periodic prepayment made by the enrollee without regard to the degree of services provided. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health manpower | The availability of health personnel. It includes the demand and recruitment of both professional and allied health personnel, their present and future supply and distribution, and their assignment and utilization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health occupations | Professions or other business activities directed to the cure and prevention of disease. For occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians but who are working in the fields of medical technology, physical therapy, etc., allied health occupations is available. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health outcomes research | The measurement of the value of a particular course of therapy. Health outcomes research is based on the principle that every clinical intervention produces a change in the health status of a patient and that change can be measured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| primary health care | Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (jama 1995;273(3):192) (12 Dec 1998) |
| health personnel | Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health physics | The science concerned with problems of radiation protection relevant to reducing or preventing radiation exposure, and the effects of ionizing radiation on humans and their environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health plan implementation | Those actions designed to carry out recommendations pertaining to health plans or programs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health planning | Planning for needed health and/or welfare services and facilities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health planning councils | Organised groups serving in advisory capacities related to health planning activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health planning guidelines | Recommendations for directing health planning functions and policies. These may be mandated by pl93-641 and issued by the department of health and human services for use by state and local planning agencies. (12 Dec 1998) |