| JCAH | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals |
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| NACHRI | National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions |
| NAPH | naphthyl; National Association of Public Hospitals; National Asthma Education Program; nicotinamide ... |
| NAPPH | National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals |
| NCCH | National Council of Community Hospitals |
| hospitals, military | Hospitals which provide care for the military personnel and usually for their dependents. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hospitals, municipal | Hospitals controlled by the city government. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, osteopathic | Hospitals providing care utilizing the generally accepted medical and surgical methods but with emphasis on the osteopathic system of therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, packaged | Hospital equipment and supplies, packaged for long-term storage, sufficient to set up a general hospital in an emergency situation. They are also called packaged disaster hospitals and formerly civil defense emergency hospitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, paediatric | Special hospitals which provide care for ill children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, private | A class of hospitals that includes profit or not-for-profit hospitals that are controlled by a legal entity other than a government agency. (hospital administration terminology, aha, 2d ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, psychiatric | Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, public | Hospitals controlled by various types of government, i.e., city, county, district, state or federal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, religious | Private hospitals that are owned or sponsored by religious organizations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, rural | Hospitals located in a rural area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, satellite | Those hospitals which are extensions of a main hospital and are wholly or partly administered by that hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, special | Hospitals which provide care for a single category of illness with facilities and staff directed toward a specific service. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, state | Hospitals controlled by agencies and departments of the state government. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, teaching | Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, university | Hospitals maintained by a university for the teaching of medical students, postgraduate training programs, and clinical research. (12 Dec 1998) |