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Managed care
A health care practice intended to streamline services and provide high quality, cost-effective care.
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Managed care
general partnership
Health care; Managed care
A partnership in which each partner contributes to the business, either in the form of money or services, and also shares in the control and management of the business. Each partner in a general ...
commercial partnership
Health care; Managed care
A partnership, either general or limited, that usually has some substantial inventory or fixed assets representing the capital investment of the partners.
functional independence measure
Health care; Managed care
A patient classification system developed for medical rehabilitation patients.
discharge
Health care; Managed care
A patient who was formally admitted to a hospital as an inpatient for observation, diagnosis, or treatment, with the expectation of remaining overnight or longer, and who is discharged under one of ...
day outlier
Health care; Managed care
A patient with an atypically long length of stay compared with other patients in a particular diagnosis-related group.
virtual integration
Health care; Managed care
A pattern of strategic alliances designed to win the cost advantages of affiliation without the overhead disadvantages of ownership.
transfer payment
Health care; Managed care
A payment (transfer of money) from one group to another without use of any physical resource.
