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Aneurysmectomy
Aortic aneurysm repair Definition Aortic aneurysm repair involves the removal of a dilated (enlarged) portion of the aorta replaced by a woven or knitted Dacron graft to continue uninterrupted blood flow through the aorta and all branch vessels. Purpose Aortic aneurysm... Read more |
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Risk
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Reinsurance
REINSURANCE The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. A reinsurance... Read more |
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Screening
SCREENING Screening is performed to identify the presence of a disease or a risk factor for a disease, typically among asymptomatic persons (those who do not already manifest symptoms of disease). In this way, a disease, or risk factors for a disease, can be detected early, allowing either early... Read more |
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM With 200,000 interviews annually, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world's largest telephone survey. Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these ongoing surveys of health risks of the American public are... Read more |
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Work environment
STRIKES AGAINST BIG BUSINESS IN THE 1930s Reasons to Strike, Throughout the 1930s blue-collar workers united against the harsh conditions imposed by the corporate giants and walked off their jobs. The common man, spurred on by increasingly powerful unions, believed that... Read more |
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Regulatory Negotiation
Regulatory Negotiation Regulatory negotiation (also called negotiated rule making, policy dialogue, shared decision making, or "reg-neg") is a consensus-building process in which representatives of affected parties and sectors of the public (termed "stakeholders") work together with government... Read more |
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insurance
insurance or assurance, device for indemnifying or guaranteeing an individual against loss. Reimbursement is made from a fund to which many individuals exposed to the same risk have contributed certain specified amounts, called premiums. Payment for an individual loss, divided among many, does... Read more |
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hepatitis
hepatitis , inflammation of the liver. There are many types of hepatitis. Causes include viruses, toxic chemicals, alcohol consumption, parasites and bacteria, and certain drugs. Symptoms of hepatitis are nausea, fever, weakness, loss of appetite, sudden distaste for tobacco smoking, and jaundice .... Read more |
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Risk management
Risk Management Risk management is a systematic process of identifying and assessing company risks and taking actions to protect a company against them. The task of the risk manager is to predict and enact measures to control or prevent losses within a company. The risk-management process involves... Read more |
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