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Eligibility Determination
Eligibility determination: applying defined criteria to decide whether a person qualifies for health care programs or benefits, also called eligibility certification. Covers Medicaid MAGI and non-financial rules, SSA disability determinations, Medicare NCDs, and X12 270/271 transactions.
Medication Adherence
Patient compliance, also called medication adherence, is a patient's conformity to prescribed medication timing, dose, and frequency; distinct from persistence, it affects roughly half of patients and is measured mainly by self-report and refills.
Patient Participation
Patient participation (patient involvement, patient engagement) is patients' involvement in health decision-making, from shared decision making in consultations to service planning and research; MeSH-defined since 1978, with mixed evidence of health outcomes.
Patient Rights
Patient rights: entitlements in health care, defined by the WMA Declaration of Lisbon (1981), AMA ethics code, 42 CFR 482.13, and WHO's 2024 Patient Safety Rights Charter, covering consent, confidentiality, quality care, and billing disputes.
Patient Satisfaction
Patient satisfaction is the degree to which patients regard a health care service as useful, effective, or beneficial, and is now systematically collected as a quality indicator.