Category: N

Legislation governing procedures by which a competent person can execute an advance directive concerning the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, in case of incompetence.  

An initiative of the federal government begun in 1992 to enhance the application of computer technology and telecommunications in all sectors of the society. The initiative calls for a partnership between the government and the private sector in which the government helps with development efforts, but the private sector owns and operates the NIL It…

An economic indicator to show what the United States spends on health care each year. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP). The NHE is the sum total of all health care expenditures, including physician and hospital services, drugs, home nursing care, eyeglasses, dental services, and so forth, as…

A federal program for providing medical, dental, and nursing services to rural areas of the United States.  

An approach to health care reform in which the government pays for and delivers health care. Sometimes used (inaccurately) as a synonym for the Canadian-style system.  

Drugs sold over-the-counter without a doctor’s written instructions or consent.  

Basic information about how the digits 1 to 10 are added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided, often referred to separately as addition facts, subtraction facts, and so on.  

A type of medical test similar to a CT scan but involving the use of slightly and temporarily radioactive materials to more clearly show up certain aspects of the body’s organs; also called radioisotope scanning or radionuclide imaging. These are invasive procedures, in which the radioactive materials are introduced into the body, as by injection…

A kind of birth-control pill implanted under the skin.  

A student whose legal place of residence is not in the district served by a school and who therefore is not necessarily eligible for services or tuition breaks, as opposed to a resident student; at the elementary school or secondary school level, often called an out-of-district student.