Effective planning and decision-making for improving. the health of a community requires good information. about the current health status and factors that will. influence that health status. This document identifies the metrics â the population. health outcomes and important risk and protective. factors â that, taken together, can describe the health. of a community and drive action. Selection of these. metrics reflects the weight of professional and academic. judgment over the past three decades.
The new disorder is called Cognitive Disorder of Progressives-A dangerous, contagious psychiatric illness, (CDP) characterized by both emotional and cognitive dysfunction, sometimes with psychotic features.
More in Lung Cancer. Definition: Progressive Disease. Progressive disease is a term that describes a disease that is progressing or worsening. With tumors such as lung cancer, progressive disease is defined as at least a 20 percent growth in the size of the tumor or spread of the tumor since the beginning of treatment.