Katz Adjustment Scales:

Terms Related to Katz Adjustment Scales

• Adjustment

  Adaptation of the person to the social environment. Adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the environment or by changing the environment. (From ...

• Case-Mix Adjustment

  The use of severity-of-illness measures, such as age, to estimate the risk (measurable or predictable chance of loss, injury or death) to which a patient ...

• Ocular Adaptation

  The adjustment of the eye to variations in the intensity of light. Light adaptation is the adjustment of the eye when the light threshold is ...

• Harlequin Fetus

  A chronic, congenital ichthyosis inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Infants are usually born encased in a collodion membrane which sheds within a few weeks. ...