Are hospital beds accommodating patients requiring long-term care due to chronic impairments and a reduced degree of independence in activities of daily living.
Is death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception at 28 weeks or more of gestation.
A flexible, plastic intrauterine device. It often has copper wire or sleeves on it. It is inserted into the women’s uterus through her vagina.
Is a starch-based fructose sweetener, produced by the action of glucose isomerase enzyme on dextrose. This isomerisation process can be used to produce glucose/fructose blends containing up to 42% fructose. Application of a further process can raise the fructose content to 55%. Where the fructose content is 42%, isoglucose is equivalent in sweetness to sugar. Isoglucose production in the European Union is covered by the sugar regime and subject to a production quota.
Medication containing an iron supplement given in the form of a tablet or syrup to prevent or treat iron-deficiency anaemia.
Inulin syrups are extracted from chicory through a process commercially developed in the 1980s. They usually contain 83% fructose. Inulin syrup production in the European Union is covered by the sugar regime and subject to a production quota.
Total in-patient care beds refers to the average daily census or mid-year count of the available beds in all public and private in-patient institutions, including acute care, psychiatric care and nursing homes.
Are beds accommodating patients who are formally admitted (or ‘hospitalised’) to an institution for treatment and/or care and who stay for a minimum of one night in the hospital or other institution providing in-patient care.
Refers to care for a patient who is formally admitted (or ‘hospitalised’) to an institution for treatment and/or care and stays for a minimum of one night in the hospital or other institution providing in-patient care.
All kinds of waste, which may transmit viral, bacterial or parasitic diseases to human beings. It includes infectious animal waste from laboratories, slaughter- houses, veterinary practices and so on.
