| outlier | 1. One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is. 2. That which lies, or is, away from the main body. 3. <geology> A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| outliers, drg | In health care reimbursement, especially in the prospective payment system, those patients who require an unusually long hospital stay or whose stay generates unusually high costs. (12 Dec 1998) |