Services de soins pour personnes âgéesvignette|200px|Le service de soins en gériatrie. Les services de soins pour les personnes âgées, aussi appelés encadrement médical des personnes âgées en tant que domaine professionnel, concernent la prise en charge et les soins donnés aux personnes âgées domiciliées dans des institutions et des établissements de santé qui proposent ce genre de services, comme l'assistance médicale à domicile, les services de soins ambulatoires, les maisons de repos et de soins pour les personnes âgées, la gérontopsychiatrie ou encore les unités de soins palliatifs et les hospices sans oublier les personnes âgées à domicile.
Health facilityA health facility is, in general, any location where healthcare is provided. Health facilities range from small clinics and doctor's offices to urgent care centers and large hospitals with elaborate emergency rooms and trauma centers. The number and quality of health facilities in a country or region is one common measure of that area's prosperity and quality of life. In many countries, health facilities are regulated to some extent by law; licensing by a regulatory agency is often required before a facility may open for business.
Referral (medicine)In medicine, referral is the transfer of care for a patient from one clinician or clinic to another by request. Tertiary care is usually done by referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel. In the field of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), referral also means the informing of a partner of a patient diagnosed STD of the potential exposure. Patient referral is where patients directly inform their partners of their exposure to infection.
Soins de longue duréeLes soins de longue durée est l'aide sociale ou les soins de santé donnés aux personnes dans la situation de dépendance fonctionnelle. Ils sont une série de services individualisés coordonnés pour un long terme qui promeut l'autonomie personnelle et maximise la qualité de la vie du patient dans tous aspects (physiques, mentales et sociales). Le phénomène de la dépendance a existé toujours pendant l'histoire de l'humanité mais sa généralisation a lieu dans les sociétés postmodernes, et la généralisation en est un fait moderne.
Healthcare industryThe healthcare industry (also called the medical industry or health economy) is an aggregation and integration of sectors within the economic system that provides goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, and palliative care. It includes the generation and commercialization of goods and services lending themselves to maintaining and re-establishing health.
Health indicatorHealth indicators are quantifiable characteristics of a population which researchers use as supporting evidence for describing the health of a population. Typically, researchers will use a survey methodology to gather information about a population sample, use statistics in an attempt to generalize the information collected to the entire population, and then use the statistical analysis to make a statement about the health of the population. Health indicators are often used by governments to guide health care policy or to make goals for improving population health.
Health care qualityHealth care quality is a level of value provided by any health care resource, as determined by some measurement. As with quality in other fields, it is an assessment of whether something is good enough and whether it is suitable for its purpose. The goal of health care is to provide medical resources of high quality to all who need them; that is, to ensure good quality of life, cure illnesses when possible, to extend life expectancy, and so on.
Diseases of povertyDiseases of poverty (also known as poverty-related diseases) are diseases that are more prevalent in low-income populations. They include infectious diseases, as well as diseases related to malnutrition and poor health behaviour. Poverty is one of the major social determinants of health. The World Health Report (2002) states that diseases of poverty account for 45% of the disease burden in the countries with high poverty rate which are preventable or treatable with existing interventions.
Health literacyHealth literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information in order to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. There are multiple definitions of health literacy, in part, because health literacy involves both the context (or setting) in which health literacy demands are made (e.g., health care, media, internet or fitness facility) and the skills that people bring to that situation.
Santé de la femmeLa santé de la femme désigne tous les éléments qui peuvent spécifiquement influencer la santé des femmes. Elle est un sous-ensemble de la santé de la population. Elle inclut tant les sujets liés à la médecine de la reproduction, tel que la gynécologie, mais aussi toutes les affections qui concernent habituellement plus les femmes (certains cancers, l'ostéoporose, l'anémie, etc), ainsi que les comportements et les inégalités de traitements induisant des conséquences spécifiques sur la santé des femmes (violences domestiques, moindre accès à certains soins ou à l'éducation, etc).
