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1. Private Health Insurance Private Health Insurance in Aging Law Concept of Private Health Insurance in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Privately organized health insurance that is based on estimation of probable population risks, and [...]...
2. Life Insurance Life Insurance in Aging Law Concept of Life Insurance in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Insurance providing for payment of a stipulated sum to a designated beneficiary upon death of the insured. Resources [...]...
3. Access to Health Care Access to Health Care (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Access to Health Care means: percentage of the population that can reach appropriate local health facility on foot or by local means of transport within an hour....
4. Long-term Care Insurance Long-term Care Insurance in Aging Law Concept of Long-term Care Insurance in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Insurance policies which pay for long-term care services (such as nursing home and home care) that [...]...
5. Co-insurance Co-insurance in Aging Law Concept of Co-insurance in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):A cost-sharing requirement under a health insurance policy. It provides that the insured party will assume a portion or [...]...
6. Commercial Insurance Commercial Insurance in Aging Law Concept of Commercial Insurance in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):In health care, usually any insurance for hospital or medical care which has the objective of making a [...]...
7. General Liability Insurance General Liability Insurance in Aging Law Concept of General Liability Insurance in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Insurance which covers the risk of loss for most accidents and injuries to third parties (the [...]...
8. Development Assistance Official Development Assistance (oda) to Basic Social Services (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Official Development Assistance (oda) to Basic Social Services means: ODA directed to basic social services, which include basic education (primary education, early childhood [...]...
9. Healthcare Access Barriers Literature Review on Healthcare Access Barriers: State Policy Action In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Mary Schmeida offers the following summary about the topic of Healthcare Access Barriers: State Policy Action: Healthcare access is a problem for many [...]...
10. Accident Insurance Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health Resources See Also Social Policy Social Development Sociology Public Policy Social Law...
11. Hospital Care Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
12. Basic Needs Summary of Basic Needs A code word for official development ASSISTANCE (read this legal term for further details) programs aimed toward the improvement of health care, education, nutrition, and like fundamental services in poorer nations. The basic needs concept has been criticized by some [...]...
13. Reimbursement Reimbursement in Aging Law Concept of Reimbursement in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):The process by which health care providers receive payment for their services. Because of the nature of the health care [...]...
14. Cost Sharing Cost Sharing in Aging Law Concept of Cost Sharing in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Payment method whereby a person is required to pay some health costs in order to receive medical care. The general set of [...]...
15. Life Expectancy Health-adjusted Life Expectancy (hale) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health-adjusted Life Expectancy (hale) means: an indicator that firstly was introduced by WHO as average number of years that a person can expect to live in "full health" by taking into account [...]...
16. Medical Law Medical Law......
17. Dental Care Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
18. Managed Care Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
19. Prior Authorization Prior Authorization in Aging Law Concept of Prior Authorization in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):A requirement imposed by a third party payer under many systems of utilization review in which a provider [...]...
20. Unemployment Unemployment (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Unemployment means: refers to all people above a specified age who are not in paid employment or self-employed, but are available for work and have taken specific steps to seek paid employment or self-employment. Long-term [...]...
21. Sickness Insurance Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
22. Care Antenatal Care (antenatal Coverage, of at Least One Visit) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Care means: at least one visit to the percentage of women receiving prenatal care provided by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy at least once (as a percentage of [...]...
23. New Public Service Literature Review on New Public Service In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Wouter Vandenabeele and Annie Hondeghem provide the following summary about the topic of New Public Service: The new public service rests on an eclectic set of foundations of [...]...
24. Civil Service Reinvention Literature Review on Civil Service Reform and Reinvention In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Jerrell D. Coggburn offers the following summary about the topic of Civil Service Reform and Reinvention: Civil service reform and reinvention refers to the [...]...
25. Hospice Care Hospice Care in Aging Law Concept of Hospice Care in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):A cluster of comprehensive services that address the needs of dying persons and their families, including medical, [...]...
26. Defense Service Defense Service and the Laws of International Trade International Trafic in Arms Export Licensing, Defense Trade Controls and National Security Agreements and other authorizations for defense services: General provisions Manufacturing license agreements and technical assistance [...]...
27. Occupational Health Service Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
28. Medically Indigent Medically Indigent in Aging Law Concept of Medically Indigent in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Persons who cannot afford needed health care because of insufficient income and/or lack of adequate health insurance....
29. Civil Service Reforms Literature Review on Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Jerrell D. Coggburn offers the following summary about the topic of Civil Service Reform Act of 1978: The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) is considered a [...]...
30. Child Care Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Family Responsibility...
31. Private Health Expenditure Resources See Also United Nations Human Development Health...
32. Social Security The Legal History of Social Security in Modern Europe This section provides an overview of Social Security in Modern Europe Most Popular Entries related to Social Security Social Security (in the World) Social Security Benefits (in the World) Social Security Office (in the World) Social [...]...
33. Professional Liability Insurance Professional Liability Insurance in Aging Law Concept of Professional Liability Insurance in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Liability insurance to protect professionals for loss or expense resulting from [...]...
34. Home Care Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Aged Elder care...
35. Residential Care Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
36. Duty of Care Duty of Care in Aging Law Concept of Duty of Care in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):A legal requirement that a person act towards others and the public with the watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence [...]...
37. Beneficiary Summary of Beneficiary The party named in a letter of credit as authorized to draw bills of exchange for acceptance by the issuing bank.(Main Author: William J. Miller) Spanish Translation of beneficiary This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to [...]...
38. Epidemiology Epidemiology (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Epidemiology means: _pidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems. Social epidemiology has [...]...
39. Medicine Antimalarial Measures, Fevers Treated With Antimalarial Drugs (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Medicine means: the percentage of children under age five who were ill with fever in the two weeks before the survey and received antimalarial drugs. Antimalarial Measures, Use of [...]...
40. Welfare State Concept of Welfare State Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Literature Review on Welfare State In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Paul B. Kirby offers the following summary about the topic of Welfare State: [...]...
41. Counselling Counselling in Aging Law Concept of Counselling in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Interaction offering an opportunity for a person to explore, discover and clarify ways of living with greater well-being, [...]...
42. Social Problems Related to Occupational Health Resources See Also Working Condition Working Time Occupational Health Work Environment Labor Law Legal Working Age...
43. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Description of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Resources See Also Agriculture...
44. Health Health The Legal History of Health This section provides an overview of Health Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health means: is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity Most Popular Entries related to [...]...
45. Health Care Health Care in the CEDAW Article 12: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Health Care, that all countries are required to eliminate discrimination in the field of health care. Women should be ensured equal access [...]...
46. Health Insurance Health Insurance in Aging Law Concept of Health Insurance in the context of Community Health Care and Services for Older Persons, published by the World Health Organization (WHO):Financial protection against the health care costs arising from disease or accidental bodily injury. Such insurance [...]...
47. Health Services This section provides an overview of health services within the legal context of Specific Sectors in international economic law, with coverage of Trades in Services and Specific Sectors (Main Regulatory Areas). Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare [...]...
48. Health Policy Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of health policy, with a description of the most significant features of health policy at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State [...]...
49. Health Center Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
50. Health Status Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
51. Health Care Benefit Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
52. Health Care System Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
53. Health Expenditure Health Expenditure Per Capita (ppp Us$) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Expenditure Per Capita (ppp Us$) means: the sum of public and private expenditure (in purchasing power parity terms in US dollars), divided by the mid-year population. Health expenditure includes [...]...
54. Health Indicator Health Indicator (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Indicator means: a health indicator is a characteristic of an individual, population, or environment which is measured (directly or indirectly) and could be used to describe one or more aspects of the health based on [...]...
55. Health Organizations «health 8» (in the Human Development Area) In this context, «health 8» means: is an informal group of eight health-related organisations, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, GFATM, GAVI, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Bank created in mid-2007 to stimulate a [...]...
56. Health Promotion Health Promotion (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Promotion means: health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health promotion represents a comprehensive social and political process, it not only embraces [...]...
57. Health System Health System (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health System means: _onsists of all actors, institutions and resources that undertake health activities whose primary purpose is to promote, restore or maintain health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. [...]...
58. Health Access Health in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Health: The HRC adopted a resolution at its 23rd session on "Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health." [...]...
59. Health Issues Health in 2013 (Continuation) United States views on international law [1] in relation to Health: On September 26, 2013, the 24th session of the HRC adopted, without a vote, a resolution on "the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and [...]...
60. Health international conventions ContentsHealth international conventionsConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/sMentioned in these Entries Health international conventions Multilateral Agreement for ... Read more...
61. Health Expenditure, Private Private Health Expenditure (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Private Health Expenditure means: direct household (out of pocket) spending, private insurance, spending by nonprofit institutions serving households and direct service payments by private corporations. Together with [...]...
62. Health Aid Resources See Also Further Reading Information related to health aid in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law(MPEPIL), Germany, United Kingdom...
63. Health Law Introduction Health Law This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of health law , with a description of the most significant features of health law at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) The Medicare Appeals Crisis: Why [...]...
64. Health Law Contents Hello Health Law Contents See Also All Contents Health international conventions Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services...
65. Health Law Regulations Health Law Regulations See Also Maritime Insurance, Historical Health Law Contents List of Insurance Law e-Journals Medical Insurance Law Insurance ... Read more...
66. Health Care Law Health Care Law......
67. Health Determinants Determinants of Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Determinants of Health means: the range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors which determine the health status of individuals or populations....
68. Health Personnel Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel means: the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel (including doctors, nurses and midwives) trained to give the necessary care, supervision and advice [...]...
69. Health Insurance Law Most Popular Entries related to Health Insurance Law Liability Insurance Law (in the World) Liability Insurance Law (in the World) Health Insurance Law (in the World) Insurance Law Outline (in the World) Insurance Lawyer (in the World) Life Insurance Law (in the World)...
70. Public Service Literature Review on Public Service In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Richard A. Loverd offers the following summary about the topic of Public Service: Public service can be analyzed as a place of employment or an attitude. While the challenges are great, [...]...
71. Health Information Cyber Behaviors in Seeking Health Information, the Law and other Social Sciences This paper discusses health information seeking (HIS) behavior in general, and then followed with collaborative HIS behavior in terms of the current status, the representative researchers and their work, [...]...
72. Health Wearables Health Wearables Turn to Fashion, the Law and other Social Sciences Microelectronics is shrinking health equipment in size, cost and operability, thereby moving it from the medical to the consumer market. A typical example is the oximeter. Originally, it was the bulky helper of the [...]...
73. Health Law Programs Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of health law programs, with a description of the most significant features of health law programs at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Patent Arbitration: The [...]...
74. Health Laws Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of health laws, with a description of the most significant features of health laws at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Panel 6a Local Enforcement Efforts In Maryland: [...]...
75. Health Education Resources See Also Legal Education Education Education Law Higher Education Vocational Training Training...
76. Medical Service Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
77. Sanitary Service Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
78. Sanitation Service Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
79. Health Organisations Resources See Also United Nations Human Development Health...
80. Health Insurance Legislation Health Insurance Legislation See Also Maritime Insurance, Historical Health Law Contents List of Insurance Law e-Journals Medical Insurance Law Insurance ... Read more...
81. Health Savings Account Other Popular Tax Definitions in the World Legal Encyclopedia Adjusted Gross Income (sometimes, including Health Savings Account) ...
82. Health Care Lawyer Health Care Lawyer......
83. Primary Health Care Primary Health Care (phc) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Primary Health Care (phc) means: primary health care is essential health care made accessible at a cost a country and community can afford, with methods that are practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable. [...]...
84. Health Care Issues Health Care In relation to the international law practice and Health Care in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: International Human Rights About this subject: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, and Related Issues . Note: there is detailed information [...]...
85. Consumption of Health Care Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health...
86. Public Health Introduction to Public Health Public Health, protection and improvement of the health of entire populations through community-wide action, primarily by governmental agencies. The goals of public health are to prevent human disease, injury, and disability; protect people from environmental [...]...
87. Women's Health Women's Health in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On September 14, 2011, Ambassador Donahoe delivered a statement at a Human Rights Council side event on applying a human rights-based approach [...]...
88. Employment Service Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Unemployment...
89. Public Health Expenditure Public Health Expenditure (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Public Health Expenditure means: current and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental [...]...
90. Supply of Health Care Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Aged Elder care...
91. E-health Defining and Characterising the Landscape of Ehealth: an Information Systems Perspective, the Law and other Social Sciences There has been a surge of electronic health (eHealth) technologies encompassing a range of services available to various stakeholders within the health care system in [...]...
92. Air Service scheduled (international) air service Embracing mainstream international law, this section on scheduled (international) air service explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "scheduled (international) air [...]...
93. Right to Health This section provides an overview of right to health within the legal context of International Economic Law and Human Rights in international economic law (Cross-Cutting Challenges). Resources Further Reading Tania Voon, "Right to Health," Elgar Encyclopedia of International [...]...
94. Foreign Service The Foreign Service Introduction to the Foreign Service Today, most nations staff their foreign services with career civil servants who are selected on the basis of competitive examinations. Until recent times, however, foreign service personnel were political appointees, often from noble [...]...
95. All Water Service A service provided by a steamship company whereby the goods are transported from the origin port to the destination port entirely by ship, without intervening overland carriage. For example, an all water shipment from Yokohama to New York would travel entirely by sea, usually through the Panama Cana......
96. Assembly Service A service provided by some common carriers whereby small lots of cargo bound for a single consignee are shipped to the carrier's terminal to be aggregated into a single shipment. When a predetermined volume of cargo has been amassed, it is shipped as a unit to the consignee. This type of servic......
97. Dedicated Service The commitment on the part of a transportation company of a vessel, rail cars, or other conveyances to the sole and exclusive use of a particular shipper for a given period of time.......
98. Civil Service Civil Service, name generally given to paid nonmilitary service in nonelective office in the executive branch of government. The term does not apply properly to service in the legislative branch or judicial branch, although in the United States some employees of these branches are subject to [...]...
99. Community Service Community Service, in the penal systems of the United States and the United Kingdom, unpaid work for the community performed by a convicted person by court order as an alternative to prison. Examples of community service include helping children, the elderly, or the disabled. The term may also [...]...
100. Minimum Service Minimum service in the International Trade Union Rights Area Definition of Minimum service provided by ITUC-CSI-IGB: The operations needed in a public or private establishment during a strike, normally to avoid compromising the life or basic needs of the population or causing irreversible [...]...
101. After-sale Service Definition of After-sale Service in International Trade The following is a concept of After-sale Service in the context of international trade law, from the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A collective term for attention to a transaction that normally takes place after [...]...
102. Service Mark Service Mark and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Service Mark: A distinctive mark used in the sale or advising of services to distinguish them from the services of others. [...]...
103. Certificate of Health Certificate of Health in International Trade Meaning of Certificate of Health, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Some countries require a health or sanitary certificate when animals, animal products, fish, plants, and food products are skilled. These [...]...
104. Liner Service Liner Service in International Trade Meaning of Liner Service, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Regularly scheduled marine transportation provided by a carrier having a fixed port rotation and advertising it as such. Liner service is done on liner terms, [...]...
105. Ordinary Service Ordinary Service in Canadian Procedural Law Find materials in the Canadian legal Encyclopedia that anlyze Ordinary Service....
106. Personal Service Personal Service in Canadian Procedural Law Find materials in the Canadian legal Encyclopedia that anlyze Personal Service....
107. Software as a Service Licenses and Contracts in the Context of Internet Law Read, in this legal Encyclopedia, about the topic of this section, and, specially, about Software as a Service: On-Demand, Rental and Application Service Provider Agreements...
108. Principal Service Notice, Principal Service, Custom From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Notice, Principal Service, Custom (1): When a rule of a church required notice of a meeting to be given at the principal service, a notice given at an earlier service only, was void.326 But where the [...]...
109. Religious Service Business, Religious Service From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Business, Religious Service (1): A church organization has the legal right to make any contract concerning its own affairs that is not prohibited by its by-laws or its charter, subject to all laws of legal [...]...
110. Debt Service Total Debt Service (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Total Debt Service means: the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods or services on long-term debt (having a maturity of more than one year), interest paid on short-term debt and [...]...
111. Ecological Health Ecological Health Indicators (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Ecological Health Indicators means: _nvironment state, for example quality of water, air and the earth, pollution level et al....
112. Physical Health Physical Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Physical Health means: natural condition of the body due to the normal functioning of all its organs and systems...
113. Psychological Health Psychological Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Psychological Health means: is characterized with the level and quality of thinking, development of attention and memory, level of an emotional stability and advancing of volitional qualities....
114. Reproductive Health Reproductive Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Reproductive Health means: WHO's definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health addresses the reproductive [...]...
115. Service of Process Service of Process in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Section 1608(a) of the FSIA provides four methods of service of process on a foreign state: (1) by delivery of a copy of the summons and [...]...
116. Social Health Social Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Health means: is determined with moral principles that constitute the ground of the social life of the human being, i.e. vital activity in a specific human society. It is primarily characterized with the attitude of the [...]...
117. Mental Health Law and Mental Health Contents of Law and Mental Health Contents of this subject matter include: Introduction to mental health and the law What is mental disorder? – Intellectual disability, mental illness/psychosocial disability and other mental conditions Clinical expert witnesses [...]...
118. Public Health Law Public Health Law Contents of Public Health Law Contents of this subject matter include: History and scope of public health law in Australia. the Federal system and its effect on lawmaking in public health. How public health policy and legislation are developed International treaties and [...]...
119. Women Health Women's Health In relation to the international law practice and Women's Health in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: International Human Rights About this subject: Discrimination Under this topic, in the Encyclopedia, find out information on [...]...
120. Workplace Health Law Workplace Health and Safety Law Contents of Workplace Health and Safety Law Contents of this subject matter include: Introduction and background Common law remedies - contract and negligence Work, Health and Safety legislation Workers' compensation Anti-discrimination in the workplace...