Glossary

behavioral immunization&&	Programs designed to inoculate people against adverse health habits by exposing them to mild versions of persuasive communications that try to engage them in a poor health practice and giving them techniques that they can use to respond effectively to these efforts.



comprehensive intervention model	A model that pools and coordinates the medical and psychological expertise in some well-defined area of medical practice so as to make all available technology and expertise available to a patient; the pain management program is one example of a comprehensive intervention model.



cost containment	The effort to reduce or hold down health care costs.



cost-effectiveness	The formal evaluation of the effectiveness of some intervention relative to its cost and the cost of alternative interventions.



treatment effectiveness	Formal documentation of the success of an intervention.

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