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Health care

Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.

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Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)

Health care; Organ transplantation

In effect since 1991, the Act gives adults with the capacity to make their own medical decisions the right to make decisions today about health care treatment they would want to ...

mismatch (MM)

Health care; Organ transplantation

In kidney transplantation, a mismatch indicates the donor has at least one HLA-A, HLA-B, or HLA-DR antigen that is not present in the recipient.

confidence interval

Health care; Organ transplantation

In statistical analysis, sampling techniques are used to provide an estimate of some aspect of a particular population, for example the average age. This avoids having to take a ...

percentile

Health care; Organ transplantation

In statistical analysis, the Nth percentile measure is the value at which N% of the cases are at or below that percentile. For instance, for liver waiting list registrations in ...

Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA)

Health care; Organ transplantation

The 1968 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) provided the legal foundation upon which human organs and tissues could be donated for transplantation by execution of an anatomical ...

Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA)

Health care; Organ transplantation

The 1981 Uniform Determination of Death Act is a model statute defining "brain death." Versions of this Act have been adopted in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The act ...