Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 502 - COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM GRANTS POLICY MANUAL AND APPLICATION › Appendix 144-502-B - GLOSSARY OF HEALTH CARE TERMS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1 ACCESSIBILITY: In
				connection with the provisions of PL 93-641, the degree to which an
				individual's entry to the health care system and receipt of services is
				inhibited or facilitated. Factors include such things as insurance coverage and
				transportation.
2 ACUTE CARE:
				Treatment of an injury or disease of a short term nature within a
				medical/surgical hospital.
3
				ADMISSION RATE: The number of persons admitted annually to health care
				facilities within a community, usually expressed as a number per 1,000 persons
				in the community. It also may be based on the population served by a particular
				institution.
4 AMBULATORY CARE:
				Health care delivered to patients who transport themselves and do not occupy a
				hospital bed.
5
				ALLOPATHIC/OSTEOPATHIC/HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN: An Allopathic physician is one
				who is practicing a philosophy of medicine which views the role of the
				physician as an active interventionist who attempts to counteract the effect of
				a disease by using surgical or medical treatments which produce effects
				opposite to those of the disease. The practice of an Osteopathic physician, on
				the other hand, is based on the theory that diseases are due chiefly to the
				loss of structural integrity which can be restored by manipulation of the body
				parts in combination with therapeutic measures. A Homeopathic Physician
				generally uses a drug therapy which reinforces the body's natural self-healing
				process.
6 AMBULATORY SURGICAL
				FACILITY: A facility, not part of a hospital, which provides surgical treatment
				to Patients not requiring hospitalization. This term does not include the
				offices of private physicians or dentists, whether in individual or group
				practice.
7 AT RISK: An insurance
				concept that refers to a group or community's Potential to experience health
				problems. For example, a group of elderly persons would be expected to
				experience more health problems than a younger population.
8 AVAILABILITY: The degree to which the
				supply of health resources and services exists to meet the needs or demands of
				a community.
9 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
				SERVICES: Basic medical services delivered by emergency medical
				personnel.
10 BIRTHING CENTER: A
				free standing facility for the delivery of children, normally emphasizing
				deliver by midwife.
11 BOARDING
				CARE FACILITY: A home that is primarily engaged in providing to three (3) or
				more persons:
a. Personal care, supervision
				and social services for persons 18 years of age or over who are ambulatory and
				who do not have such an illness, disease, injury or other conditions as to
				require the degree of care and treatment which a hospital or skilled nursing
				care facility or intermediate care facility is designed to provide.
b. Such care and services under-the
				supervision of sufficient personnel to provide adequate care for its residents
				during all hours of each day and all days of each week.