health gain

A generic term for any measurable or objective improvement in the health of a population—e.g., reduction in cancer or coronary heart disease-related mortality—which is attributable to a health intervention.

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In the letter Mr Gething said: "Given the size and the significance of the SCCC investment the proposal needs to evidence a robust case in terms of meeting the Welsh Government investment criteria in terms of health gain, clinical and skills sustainability, equity, affordability and value for money.

Plans for super-hospital 'kicked into long grass'

The study conducted in Italy is twofold: 1) to estimate how much a sedentary lifestyle contributes to the increase of chronic degenerative diseases; 2) to assess how the attitude towards weekly physical activity produces benefits for health gain.

Lifetime sedentary is a major cause of chronic diseases

The individual health gain dimension accounted for 42 per cent of the total perceived benefit from health care interventions, while the remaining three dimensions each weighted between 19 per cent and 21 per cent.

What constitutes benefit from health care interventions for Indigenous Australians?

A NORTH East hospital has been listed in the top 10 health providers in the country for health gain in patients who have had hip or knee surgery.

Hospital top for hip and knee ops

Briefly stated, intrinsic value is the potential health gain from production, effectual value is the actual health gain from consumption, and input cost refers to the health losses incurred in production.

Outline of a Green economic theory

Annual Summit on Public-Private Partnerships for Health Gain

Trade Calendar. (Trends)

Figures due to be published this week are expected to show that Wales will fail its 'physical' - a set of 15 health gain targets which were set nearly five years ago.

UNFIT WALES; Nation fails to meet first health targets

Nevertheless, what is equally clear is that the relative effectiveness of institutional structures for health-care provision is critical to strategies for Indigenous health gain.

The truth about indigenous health policy: the right has had great success in portraying indigenous health as a financial disaster. In fact lack of access to services means that more money gets spent on non-indigenous people. Only a National Indigenous Health Plan will change this. (social reconstructions)

You'd think, and the cigarette companies would have you believe, that this stampede to low tar would result in a net health gain for all concerned.

The filtered truth

Minimum pricing could achieve a public health gain and the decrease in profits forecast by industry would not materialise.

Booze plan to benefit firms; Profits 'set to soar'

Allocating funds involves balancing a range of factors to make sure the PCT achieves maximum health gain and best quality with the resources available for patients.

Four cancer drugs rejected

A report by the National Public Health Service for Wales said: "The potential for public health gain from a high quality, effective needle and syringe exchange services in Wales is considerable.