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Home care, prevention, and rehab*
Chiro Prac
6
Health Care
Professional
05/17/2013

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Term
Therapies including exercise and traction that can be done by the patient at home
Definition
Home care
Term
Specific measures taken to forestall the development of illness
Definition
Prevention
Term
Aimed at limiting the development or spread of illness to previously unaffected individuals or populations: exercise, hand washing and a balanced diet
Definition
Primary Prevention
Term
Aimed at limiting the impact or recurrence of an illness in patients already affected by the disease: health screening for cervical cancer
Definition
Secondary prevention
Term
This is aimed at reducing the negative effect or impact of an established disease by restoring function and decreasing disease-related complication: rehabilitation
Definition
Tertiary prevention
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Aimed at mitigating or avoiding the consequence of excessive or unnecessary interventions in the health system: use of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
Definition
Quaternary prevention
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