Health Care Activity
population health
pop·u·la·tion health
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Health
Definitions related to population health:
  • The health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group. These populations are often geographic regions, such as nations or communities, but they can also be other groups. (From Am J Public Health. 2003 March; 93(3): 380-383)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • To perform one or more operations on information for provision of health care to a population of living subjects, e.g., needle exchange program.
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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