Category: I

Health services delivered on an inpatient basis in hospitals, nursing homes, or other inpatient institutions, and by health maintenance organizations; but may also refer to services delivered on an outpatient basis by departments or other organizational units of or sponsored by such institutions. The National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974, (section 1531(5) of…

The death (mortality) of live-born children who have not reached their first birthday, usually measured as a rate: number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births in a given area or program and time period. The infant mortality rate is one common measure of health status. Infant mortality varies among countries at least partly because…

Health services provided by physicians, dentists, nurses, or other health personnel in an industrial setting for the appraisal, protection, and promotion of the health of employees while on the job. Occupational health services is now the preferred term.  

Usually synonymous with a medical foundation. Sometimes used to refer specifically to a health maintenance organization which obtains its professional services from an individual practice association.  

A partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity which has entered into an arrangement for provision of their services with persons who are licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or with other health manpower (a majority of whom are licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy), which arrangement provides: that such persons provide their professional services…

Insurance policies which provide protection to the policyholder and/or his family (as distinct from group insurance).  

Health insurance covering an individual (and usually his dependents) rather than a group. Individual insurance usually offers indemnity benefits and has higher loadings than group insurance.  

A cost which cannot be identified directly with a particular activity service or product of the program experiencing the cost. Indirect costs are usually apportioned among the program’s service in proportion to each service’s share of direct costs.  

Describes an amount which is regularly adjusted in proportion to changes in some index, e.g. social security payments are now indexed to (or adjusted to reflect changes in) the Consumer Price Index. Some proposed XHI plans index premiums, cost sharing, catastrophic thresholds, income levels, or reimbursement rates to the CPI.  

Another name for medical review required by Medicaid for inpatients in long-term care facilities.