| CHARGE | coloboma, heart disease, atresia choanae, retarded growth and retarded development and/or CNS anomal... |
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| HME | Health Media Education; heat and moisture exchanger; heat, massage, and exercise |
| AHC | academic health care; academic health center; acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis; acute hemorrhagic cy... |
| AHCA | Agency for Health Care Administration; American Health Care Association |
| AHF | acute heart failure; American Health Foundation; American Hepatic Foundation; American Hospital Form... |
| NICHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
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| NIOSH | National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| NMIHS | National Maternal and Infant Health Survey |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| health risk assessment | Method of describing an individual's chance of falling ill or dying of a specified condition, based on actuarial calculations that allow for known exposure to risk; expressed as expected age at which death or disease will occur, and intended as a way of drawing an individual's attention to the probable consequences of risk behaviour. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| health services | Services for the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health services accessibility | The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health services administration | The organization and administration of health services dedicated to the delivery of health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health services for the aged | Services for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the aged and the maintenance of health in the elderly. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health services, indigenous | Health care provided to specific cultural or tribal peoples which incorporates local customs, beliefs, and taboos. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health services misuse | Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |