Category: D

The number of patients with a particular type of disorder who are sent home from hospitals in a particular area (shown as the number per 10,000 of population). The number of cases of a specified disease discharged from hospitals related to the population of the catchment area: usually expressed regionally per 10,000.  

The work of making a plan for when a patient leaves hospital to live at home. The process of making sure that arrangements are made outside the hospital to receive the patient upon discharge and to provide the necessary continuity of care. Any strategy used to facilitate outpatient care for someone currently receiving inpatient health…

A disease which makes some activities difficult or impossible.  

A condition which makes some activities difficult or impossible. As defined by the Word Health Organization, a disability (resulting from an impairment) is a restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.  

A charity which aims to help disabled people live independently.  

People suffering from a physical or mental condition which makes some activities difficult or impossible.  

To make someone unable to do some activity.  

An instrument used to limit the incision made with a surgical knife. An instrument used to guide the extent and direction of a surgical incision. A grooved device for guiding a knife in surgery.  

Instructions showing how to use something and how much of it to use. As used by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), this term often occurs in the phrase “under the direction of” to mean “under the procedural guidance of.” Through the attainment of harmonious equilibrium between the cranium and the spinal…

A layer of spongy bone tissue filled with red bone marrow, between the inner and outer layers of the skull. The latticelike tissue that lies between the inner and outer layers of the skull. The layer of spongy bone which intervenes between the compact outer and inner tables of the skull. Spongy bone containing red…