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Labor Unions |
Organizations comprising wage and salary workers in health-related fields for the purpose of improving their status and conditions. The concept includes labor union activities toward providing health services to members. |
Trade Unions,Labor Union,Trade Union,Union, Labor,Union, Trade,Unions, Labor,Unions, Trade |
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| D007902 |
Length of Stay |
The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility. |
Hospital Stay,Hospital Stays,Stay Length,Stay Lengths,Stay, Hospital,Stays, Hospital |
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| D002908 |
Chronic Disease |
Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). |
Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic |
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| D004470 |
Economics, Medical |
Economic aspects of the field of medicine, the medical profession, and health care. It includes the economic and financial impact of disease in general on the patient, the physician, society, or government. |
Medical Economics |
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| D006294 |
Health Resorts |
Destinations frequented as vacation or recreational retreats, equipped with specialized amenities, treatments and facilities, for the promotion of general well-being and health. |
Health Resort,Resort, Health,Resorts, Health |
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| D006760 |
Hospitalization |
The confinement of a patient in a hospital. |
Hospitalizations |
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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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| D000041 |
Absenteeism |
Chronic absence from work or other duty. |
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| D014586 |
USSR |
A country located from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, for a time including 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow. |
Soviet Union,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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