Healthcare terms A–Z

L healthcare terms

8 plain-English navigation terms beginning with L. These entries explain administrative and care routes, not diagnosis or treatment.

8 terms beginning with L · All letters

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Laboratory orderA provider-issued request identifying the examination item and patient; it is separate from payment, specimen collection and the final report.Labour-capacity assessmentThe statutory assessment of work-function impairment and self-care impact after the relevant condition is sufficiently stable; it is separate from clinical diagnosis and benefit calculation.Long-term care insuranceThe social-insurance system being established nationally from 2026 for qualifying long-lasting loss of function, with local participation, assessment, provider, service and payment rules.Long-term care insurance participationThe participant's actual local long-term care insurance record and contribution status; employee basic medical-insurance enrolment can be linked but does not alone prove benefit entitlement.Long-term care service catalogThe national framework of 36 daily-living and medical-nursing or rehabilitation-related care items, locally mapped and kept separate from ordinary medical treatment and room or meal charges.Long-term prescriptionA regulated prescription route for eligible stable chronic-disease care, subject to clinician assessment, medicine exclusions and follow-up requirements.Loss-of-function assessmentThe formal long-term care insurance assessment of daily living, cognition, perception and communication used as a benefit basis; it is not a diagnosis or PRC disability certificate.Lost-receipt verificationConfirming the issuer, receipt status and acceptable replacement evidence after a medical fee receipt cannot be found.

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The adult vaccination and travel health center separates clinic access, domestic records, International Travel Health Care Centers, ICVPs, border checks, destination requirements and outbound medical forms. It does not recommend a vaccine or confirm one journey’s live requirement.

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The diagnostic tests, imaging and pathology center connects provider checks, orders, identity, costs, reports, image data, pathology material and clinician-led follow-up. It does not choose a test or interpret a result.

Use this index for navigation, not clinical decisions

This index explains administrative terms and care routes. For symptoms, diagnosis or treatment, contact a qualified healthcare professional; a glossary entry cannot replace clinical advice.