Care in the home. Examples include nursing care, physical and occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, social services, as well as nutritional and food services.

Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being by treating the whole body, mind, and spirit.

Uses both mainstream medical treatments and complementary and alternative health care therapies to treat patients.

Methods of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies.

Patients receive care without being admitted to hospitals or other care facilities.

The use of the genetic and biochemical processes of living systems and organisms to develop or modify useful products.

Methods of treatment that are used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies.

Requires states to establish training and competency evaluation programs for nursing and geriatric assistants and has led to the development of many regulations regarding long-term care and home health care.

Trying to control the rising cost of health care and achieve the maximum benefit for every dollar spent.

Monitoring the use of energy to control costs and conserve resources such as electricity, water, and gas.

Under this plan, patients with certain diagnoses who are admitted to hospitals are classified in one payment group.

Exists when the outbreak of a disease occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a high proportion of the population.

Involves the use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services.

The state of being in optimum health with a balanced relationship between physical, mental, and social health.