prospective payment system
11Health care systems — This article describes policy related systems. For the article on hospital networks, which are sometimes referred to as health care systems, see hospital network. A health care system is an arrangement in which health care is delivered. There are …
12PPS — Paris Prospective Study; Personal Preference Scale; physician, patient and society [course]; polyvalent pneumococcal polysaccharide; popliteal pterygium syndrome; postpartum sterilization; postperfusion syndrome; postpericardiotomy syndrome;… …
13PPS — • Paris Prospective Study; • Personal Preference Scale; • physician, patient and society [course]; • polyvalent pneumococcal polysaccharide; • popliteal pterygium syndrome; • postpartum sterilization; • postperfusion syndrome; •… …
14Group Purchasing Organization — In the United States, a group purchasing organization (or GPO) is an entity that leverages the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. Many GPOs are… …
15Disproportionate share hospital — The United States government provides special funding to hospitals who treat significant populations of indigent patients through the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) programs. The program seeks to continue to encourage hospitals to provide… …
16Length of stay — (LOS) is a term commonly used to measure the duration of a single episode of hospitalization. Inpatient days are calculated by subtracting day of admission from day of discharge. However, persons entering and leaving a hospital on the same day… …
17MDS/RAI/PPS — Minimum Data Set / Resident Assessment Protocols / Prospective Payment System (Medical » Hospitals) …
18OPPS — outpatient prospective payment system …
19PPS — abbr. Post Post Script. Prospective Payment System …
20OPPS — • outpatient prospective payment system …
