The different methods of scheduling patient visits, appointment systems, individual or group appointments, waiting times, waiting lists for hospitals, walk-in clinics, etc.

Prospective patient listings for appointments or treatments.

Organized services in a hospital which provide medical care on an outpatient basis.

Individuals who receive patients in a medical office.

Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen.

The organization and operation of the business aspects of a physician's practice.

The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.

The degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial.

A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.

Systems used to prompt or aid the memory. The systems can be computerized reminders, color coding, telephone calls, or devices such as letters and postcards.

Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)

I'm sorry for any confusion, but 'England' is not a medical term and does not have a medical definition. England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, known for its rich history, cultural heritage, and contributions to medical science. However, in a medical context, it may refer to the location of a patient, healthcare provider, or research study, but it is not a term with a specific medical meaning.

The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.

The seeking and acceptance by patients of health service.

Business management of medical, dental and veterinary practices that may include capital financing, utilization management, and arrangement of capitation agreements with other parties.

An instrument for reproducing sounds especially articulate speech at a distance. (Webster, 3rd ed)

Discontinuance of care received by patient(s) due to reasons other than full recovery from the disease.

Health care provided on a continuing basis from the initial contact, following the patient through all phases of medical care.

Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization.

Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)

Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.

Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.

Visits made by patients to health service providers' offices for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.

A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.

The interactions between physician and patient.

Great Britain is not a medical term, but a geographical name for the largest island in the British Isles, which comprises England, Scotland, and Wales, forming the major part of the United Kingdom.

A branch of medicine which deals with sexually transmitted disease.

Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.

Planning, organizing, and administering activities in an office.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "London" is a place name and not a medical term, so it doesn't have a medical definition. It's the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, known for its rich history, culture, and landmarks. If you have any questions related to health or medicine, I'd be happy to help answer those!

Management review designed to evaluate efficiency and to identify areas in need of management improvement within the institution in order to ensure effectiveness in meeting organizational goals.

Facilities where dental care is provided to patients.

Investigations conducted on the physical health of teeth involving use of a tool that transmits hot or cold electric currents on a tooth's surface that can determine problems with that tooth based on reactions to the currents.

Economic aspects of the nursing profession.

Planning and control of time to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Communication between persons or between institutions or organizations by an exchange of letters. Its use in indexing and cataloging will generally figure in historical and biographical material.

Those rights or activities which are specific to members of the institution's medical staff, including the right to admit private patients.

The teaching or training of patients concerning their own health needs.

A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel for evaluating quality of medical care.

A system of record keeping in which a list of the patient's problems is made and all history, physical findings, laboratory data, etc. pertinent to each problem are placed under that heading.

A range of methods used to reduce pain and anxiety during dental procedures.

Customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a benefit or service received.

The term "United States" in a medical context often refers to the country where a patient or study participant resides, and is not a medical term per se, but relevant for epidemiological studies, healthcare policies, and understanding differences in disease prevalence, treatment patterns, and health outcomes across various geographic locations.

Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses.

Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.

The capacity of an organization, institution, or business to produce desired results with a minimum expenditure of energy, time, money, personnel, materiel, etc.

Messages between computer users via COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS. This feature duplicates most of the features of paper mail, such as forwarding, multiple copies, and attachments of images and other file types, but with a speed advantage. The term also refers to an individual message sent in this way.

Patient involvement in the decision-making process in matters pertaining to health.

Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system.

Patient-based medical care provided across age and gender or specialty boundaries.

Community health education events focused on prevention of disease and promotion of health through audiovisual exhibits.

Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.

Persons who receive ambulatory care at an outpatient department or clinic without room and board being provided.

Pathological processes of the male URINARY TRACT and the reproductive system (GENITALIA, MALE).

The functions and activities carried out by the U.S. Postal Service, foreign postal services, and private postal services such as Federal Express.

Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.

Consultation via remote telecommunications, generally for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of a patient at a site remote from the patient or primary physician.

The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time.

Analog or digital communications device in which the user has a wireless connection from a telephone to a nearby transmitter. It is termed cellular because the service area is divided into multiple "cells." As the user moves from one cell area to another, the call is transferred to the local transmitter.

A medical specialty concerned with the skin, its structure, functions, diseases, and treatment.

The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Scotland" is not a medical term and does not have a medical definition. Scotland is one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, located in the northern part of Great Britain. If you have any questions related to healthcare or medical terminology, I would be happy to help answer those!

Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood.

Care given to patients by nursing service personnel.

The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.

A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange.

The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.

Health services, public or private, in urban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.

The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

Communication between CELL PHONE users via the Short Message Service protocol which allows the interchange of short written messages.

Pathological processes of the female URINARY TRACT and the reproductive system (GENITALIA, FEMALE).

Data collected during dental examination for the purpose of study, diagnosis, or treatment planning.

Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work.

The fundamental principles and laws adopted by an organization for the regulation and governing of its affairs.

Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.

Situations affecting a significant number of people, that are believed to be sources of difficulty or threaten the stability of the community, and that require programs of amelioration.

Interactions between health personnel and patients.

Providing for the full range of dental health services for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation of patients.

Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care.

A legal concept for individuals who are designated to act on behalf of persons who are considered incapable of acting in their own behalf, e.g., minors and persons found to be not mentally competent.

Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.

A surgical specialty concerned with the structure and function of the eye and the medical and surgical treatment of its defects and diseases.

Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.

#### I must clarify that 'Northern Ireland' is not a medical term and does not have a medical definition. It is a geographical and political term referring to a part of the United Kingdom located in the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland, consisting of six of the nine counties of the historic province of Ulster.

Ratio of output to effort, or the ratio of effort produced to energy expended.

Set of expectations that exempt persons from responsibility for their illness and exempt them from usual responsibilities.

Conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes school admission or job interviews.

Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.

Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc.

The psychological relations between the dentist and patient.

Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL).

A surgical specialty which utilizes medical, surgical, and physical methods to treat and correct deformities, diseases, and injuries to the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures.

Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.

Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.

Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.

The transfer of information from experts in the medical and public health fields to patients and the public. The study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions that enhance health.

The process of choosing employees for specific types of employment. The concept includes recruitment.

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the physiology and diseases of the digestive system and related structures (esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas).

Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.

An occupation limited in scope to a subsection of a broader field.

The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.

Statistical models which describe the relationship between a qualitative dependent variable (that is, one which can take only certain discrete values, such as the presence or absence of a disease) and an independent variable. A common application is in epidemiology for estimating an individual's risk (probability of a disease) as a function of a given risk factor.

Studies to determine the advantages or disadvantages, practicability, or capability of accomplishing a projected plan, study, or project.

Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of immediate medical or surgical care to the emergency patient.

Specialized healthcare delivered as a follow-up or referral from a PRIMARY CARE provider.

A branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The mandibular nerve carries motor fibers to the muscles of mastication and sensory fibers to the teeth and gingivae, the face in the region of the mandible, and parts of the dura.

Studies designed to assess the efficacy of programs. They may include the evaluation of cost-effectiveness, the extent to which objectives are met, or impact.

The sorting out and classification of patients or casualties to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment.

Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.

Individuals responsible for various duties pertaining to the medical office routine.

The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.

An evaluation procedure that focuses on how care is delivered, based on the premise that there are standards of performance for activities undertaken in delivering patient care, in which the specific actions taken, events occurring, and human interactions are compared with accepted standards.

Patterns of practice related to diagnosis and treatment as especially influenced by cost of the service requested and provided.

Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.

Voluntary cooperation of the patient in taking drugs or medicine as prescribed. This includes timing, dosage, and frequency.

Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for.

Interactions between hospital staff or administrators and patients. Includes guest relations programs designed to improve the image of the hospital and attract patients.

A method of data collection and a QUALITATIVE RESEARCH tool in which a small group of individuals are brought together and allowed to interact in a discussion of their opinions about topics, issues, or questions.

Those physicians who have completed the education requirements specified by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Media that facilitate transportability of pertinent information concerning patient's illness across varied providers and geographic locations. Some versions include direct linkages to online consumer health information that is relevant to the health conditions and treatments related to a specific patient.

A course or method of action selected, usually by an organization, institution, university, society, etc., from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions and positions on matters of public interest or social concern. It does not include internal policy relating to organization and administration within the corporate body, for which ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION is available.

Government-controlled hospitals which represent the major health facility for a designated geographic area.

The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.

Any group of three or more full-time physicians organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of health care services, sharing space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and who have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income.

Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record.

A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to provide special information and assistance through trained personnel and is used for counseling, referrals, and emergencies such as poisonings and threatened suicides.

The inhabitants of a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas.

The practice of dentistry concerned with the dental problems of children, proper maintenance, and treatment. The dental care may include the services provided by dental specialists.

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of inflammatory or degenerative processes and metabolic derangement of connective tissue structures which pertain to a variety of musculoskeletal disorders, such as arthritis.

Radiographic examination of the breast.

The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals.

Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)

Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.

Methods to identify and characterize cancer in the early stages of disease and predict tumor behavior.

Organized services to provide health care to adolescents, ages ranging from 13 through 18 years.

The care and treatment of a convalescent patient, especially that of a patient after surgery.

UTERINE BLEEDING from a GESTATION of less than 20 weeks without any CERVICAL DILATATION. It is characterized by vaginal bleeding, lower back discomfort, or midline pelvic cramping and a risk factor for MISCARRIAGE.

Research aimed at assessing the quality and effectiveness of health care as measured by the attainment of a specified end result or outcome. Measures include parameters such as improved health, lowered morbidity or mortality, and improvement of abnormal states (such as elevated blood pressure).

Professional medical personnel approved to provide care to patients in a hospital.

The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school.

The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982).

Interaction between the patient and nurse.

Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs.

Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community.

Spasmodic contraction of the masseter muscle resulting in forceful jaw closure. This may be seen with a variety of diseases, including TETANUS, as a complication of radiation therapy, trauma, or in association with neoplastic conditions.

The status of health in urban populations.

A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.

A dental specialty concerned with the prevention and correction of dental and oral anomalies (malocclusion).

The process of bargaining in order to arrive at an agreement or compromise on a matter of importance to the parties involved. It also applies to the hearing and determination of a case by a third party chosen by the parties in controversy, as well as the interposing of a third party to reconcile the parties in controversy.

Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of diagnostic and therapeutic services for the urologic patient.

Differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities, based on group membership such as origin or ethnicity.

Transmission of information over distances via electronic means.

A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.

Amounts charged to the patient as payer for health care services.

Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients.

Criteria and standards used for the determination of the appropriateness of the inclusion of patients with specific conditions in proposed treatment plans and the criteria used for the inclusion of subjects in various clinical trials and other research protocols.

Hospitals maintained by a university for the teaching of medical students, postgraduate training programs, and clinical research.

Longitudinal patient-maintained records of individual health history and tools that allow individual control of access.

The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a dental school.

Excessive, under or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.

Delivery of health services via remote telecommunications. This includes interactive consultative and diagnostic services.

The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.

Precise and detailed plans for the study of a medical or biomedical problem and/or plans for a regimen of therapy.

Norms, criteria, standards, and other direct qualitative and quantitative measures used in determining the quality of health care.

The giving of attention to the special dental needs of children, including the prevention of tooth diseases and instruction in dental hygiene and dental health. The dental care may include the services provided by dental specialists.

Those factors, such as language or sociocultural relationships, which interfere in the meaningful interpretation and transmission of ideas between individuals or groups.

Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of dentistry.

Individuals referred to for expert or professional advice or services.

An organized procedure carried out through committees to review admissions, duration of stay, professional services furnished, and to evaluate the medical necessity of those services and promote their most efficient use.

Individuals licensed to practice DENTISTRY.

Directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery.

Physicians whose practice is not restricted to a specific field of MEDICINE.

The study of laws, theories, and hypotheses through a systematic examination of pertinent facts and their interpretation in the field of dentistry. (From Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982, p674)

Hospitals controlled by various types of government, i.e., city, county, district, state or federal.

The remuneration paid or benefits granted to an employee.

Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.

The freedom of patients to review their own medical, genetic, or other health-related records.

A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)

Acquiring information from a patient on past medical conditions and treatments.