Mexican Institute of Social Security
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Glossary
Metastases Definition Transference of cancer disease producing organisms from one part of the body to another via blood vessels.
Methadone Definition A synthetically produced, long-acting opiate (trademark Dolophine). It can usually suppress a heroin addict’s craving and withdrawal, and is used in opioid substitution therapy programs.
Methadone Maintenance Therapy Definition MMT is a way of stabilizing someone who is addicted to heroin or has severe pain problems that are resistant to other drugs.
Methods of Quality of Life Assessment in Dementia Definition Three quality of life (QOL) rating methods are available: self-report by patient, proxyreport and direct observation of behavior assumed to be related to QOL. Dementia may interfere with understanding, ability to remember relevant events, making comparisons across complex domains and communicating, but patients can rate their own QOL until late stages of dementia and proxyratings do not substitute for patient-ratings. Proxies rate patients’ QOL lower, associated with increased caregiver burden and depressive symptoms. The disadvantage of proxy ratings is that they filter a subjective measure
through the opinion of another person. Self rating methods are preferable as long as possible.
Mexican Institute of Social Security Definition The Mexican Institute of Social Security is the main institution in Mexico that provides social security to its inhabitants. It protects nearly half of Mexicans, providing them access to health care and social security. It is the main provider of health care in Mexico. Even though the burden of disease in beneficiary populations of IMSS refers only to employed Mexicans, it gives an excellent approach of what the burden of disease in Mexico is.
Microdiscectomy Definition Standard operation technique for lumbar disc herniation. The decompression of neural structures is performed under the operation microscope through a minimally traumatic approach.
Micronutrient Malnutrition Definition Micronutrient deficiencies, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, hidden hunger. Micronutrient Malnutrition results from an inadequate intake or uptake or excessive loss of essential vitamins and minerals that are essential for health and survival. This term is often used synonymously with ‘‘micronutrient deficiencies.’’
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