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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
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Show more- Glucose tolerance test See: Impaired glucose tolerance.
- Absenteeism The frequent absence from work or other duty without good reason. See also: Presenteeism
- Fever, rheumatic An illness that occurs following a streptococcus infection (such as a 'strep throat') or scarlet fever and…
- Positive clinical trial A clinical trial that shows that the new treatment has a large beneficial effect and is superior to standard…
- Alcohol poisoning A condition in which a toxic amount of alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) has been drunk, usually in a short…
- Scrub 1. As a verb, to wash the hands and forearms very thoroughly, as before engaging in surgery. To scrub implies…
- Siddha medicine An ancient system of medicine prevalent in South India. The word Siddha comes from the Tamil word for…
- Bartonella quintana Also called Rochalimaea quintana, this microorganism is an unusual rickettsia that can multiply within the…
- Ad- Latin prefix meaning 'toward' and 'in the direction of,' as in adduction (movement of a limb toward the…
- Melanoma, choroidal Malignant melanoma that arises in the eye. See ocular melanoma
- Idiot savant See: Autistic savant. The term 'autistic savant' is preferred to the old term 'idiot savant' as less…
- Salivary gland One of the glands in the mouth that produce saliva. There are 3 major salivary glands. They are the parotid…