| AMH | Accreditation Manual for Hospitals; anti-mullerian hormone; automated medical history |
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| APH | alcohol-positive history; alternative pathway hemolysis; aminoglycoside phosphotransferase; antepart... |
| CASH | Commission for Administrative Services in Hospitals; corticoadrenal stimulating hormone; cruciform a... |
| COTH | Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems |
| FAH | Federation of American Hospitals |
| community networks | Organizations and individuals cooperating together toward a common goal at the local or grassroots level. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| community nurse | A nurse who provides care to individuals or groups in a community outside of institutions. Usually works through the auspices of a state or city health department. Synonym: community health nurse, community nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| community pharmacy services | Total pharmaceutical services provided to the public through community pharmacies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community psychiatry | Branch of psychiatry concerned with the provision and delivery of a coordinated program of mental health care to a specified population. The foci included in this concept are: all social, psychological and physical factors related to aetiology, prevention, and maintaining positive mental health in the community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community psychology | The application of psychology to community programs, e.g., in the schools, correctional and welfare systems, and community mental health centres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plant community | <botany, ecology> The plant populations existing in a shared habitat or environment. (31 Dec 1997) |
| therapeutic community | Psychotherapeutic technique which emphasizes socioenvironmental and interpersonal influences in the resocialization and rehabilitation of the patient. The setting is usually a hospital unit or ward in which professional and nonprofessional staff interact with the patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| edaphic community | A community of plants which results from or is influenced by factors about the soil, for example amount of drainage, level of salinity (salt concentration), or amount of sediment movement. Marsh environments often have edaphic communities of plants specially adapted to marsh conditions. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hospitals | Institutions with an organised medical staff which provide medical care to patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, chronic disease | Hospitals which provide care to patients with long-term illnesses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, convalescent | Hospitals which provide care to the patient for the period following an acute illness until health is restored. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, county | Hospitals controlled by the county government. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, district | Government-controlled hospitals which represent the major health facility for a designated geographic area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, federal | Hospitals controlled by agencies and departments of the u.s. Federal government. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, general | Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients. (12 Dec 1998) |