| OHP | hydroxyprogesterone; hydroxyproline; occupational health plan; Oregon Health Plan; oxygen under high... |
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| OHR | occupational health research; Office of Health Research |
| PHC | personal health costs; posthospital care; premolar hypodontia, hyperhidrosis, [premature] canities [... |
| PHN | paroxysmal noctural hemoglobinuria; passive Heymann nephritis; postherpetic neuralgia; public health... |
| PHS | Physicians' Health Study; pooled human serum; posthypnotic suggestion; Public Health Service |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
| health planning organizations | Organizations involved in all aspects of health planning activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health planning support | Financial resources provided for activities related to health planning and development. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health planning technical assistance | The provision of expert assistance in developing health planning programs, plans as technical materials, etc., as requested by health systems agencies or other health planning organizations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health policy | Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health priorities | Preferentially rated health-related activities or functions to be used in establishing health planning goals. This may refer specifically to pl93-641. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health promotion | Encouraging consumer behaviours most likely to optimise health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care. (12 Dec 1998) |