| D007591 |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
A private, voluntary, not-for-profit organization which establishes standards for the operation of health facilities and services, conducts surveys, and awards accreditation. |
JCAHO,Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals,Joint Commission of Accreditation, Health Care Organizations,Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations,Joint Commission on Accreditation, Health Care Organizations,Joint Commission on Accreditation, Healthcare Organizations |
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| D009735 |
Nursing Homes |
Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization. |
Homes, Nursing,Nursing Home |
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| D010344 |
Patient Advocacy |
Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process. |
Patient Ombudsmen,Patient Representatives,Clinical Ombudsman,Patient Ombudsman,Advocacy, Patient,Ombudsman, Clinical,Ombudsman, Patient,Ombudsmen, Patient,Patient Representative,Representative, Patient,Representatives, Patient |
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| D012149 |
Restraint, Physical |
Use of a device for the purpose of controlling movement of all or part of the body. Splinting and casting are FRACTURE FIXATION. |
Immobilization, Physical,Physical Restraint,Physical Immobilization,Physical Restraints,Restraints, Physical |
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| D006278 |
Medicare |
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976) |
Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18,Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled,Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18,Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18 |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D000368 |
Aged |
A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. |
Elderly |
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| D014481 |
United States |
A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO. |
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| D014487 |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. |
A component of the Department of Health and Human Services to oversee and direct the Medicare and Medicaid programs and related Federal medical care quality control staffs. Name was changed effective June 14, 2001. |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,United States Health Care Financing Administration,Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.),HCFA,Health Care Financing Administration,Health Care Financing Administration (U.S.),Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. |
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