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Transfer host
An interim host that is not essential for the completion of the life cycle of the parasite.
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Reservoir host
A host other than the usual or normal one, in which a parasite is capable of living. The reservoir host is a source of infestation.
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Definitive host
The final host or the host in which the parasite reaches sexual maturity.
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Host defense mechanisms
A complex interacting system that protects the host from endogenous and exogenous microorganisms. It includes physical and chemical barriers, inflammatory response, reticuloendothelial system, and immune responses.
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Hospital twinning
The sharing of resources between two or more hospitals, typically one in an urban, industrialized area and another in a less developed country or region. Twinning is a practice designed to make the technical expertise, infrastructure, and human resources of industrialized health care available to areas with extensive health care needs but relatively limited assets.…
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Hospitalist
A physician in charge of caring for hospitalized patients. These practitioners are rarely involved in outpatient care; they concentrate their efforts on caring for emergency patients, critical care patients, and patients confined to wards.
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Hospitalism
The air of depression and apathy that often surrounds a group of seriously ill patients, especially if they are in an overcrowded ward.
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Hospital-at-home care
A form of community-based treatment in which acute medical problems are actively addressed in the patient’s home by trained health care specialists in place of similar care provided in-hospital. It has been used to treat both medical issues (e.g., congestive heart failure, COPD, or end-of-life) as well as postoperative recuperation. Although hospital-at-home care has been…
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Nonprofit hospital
A hospital that is exempt from paying income and property taxes. In such a facility, funds earned are reinvested in the hospital and its services instead of being paid as dividends to shareholders.
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Magnet hospital
Hospitals with leadership style and policies that increase the recruitment and retention of registered professional nurses.
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