| PPGP | prepaid group practice |
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| AMH | Accreditation Manual for Hospitals; anti-mullerian hormone; automated medical history |
| 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 |
| hospitals, federal | Hospitals controlled by agencies and departments of the u.s. Federal government. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hospitals, general | Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, maternity | Special hospitals which provide care to women during pregnancy and parturition. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, military | Hospitals which provide care for the military personnel and usually for their dependents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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, proprietary | Hospitals owned and operated by a corporation or an individual that operate on a for-profit basis, also referred to as investor-owned hospitals. (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) |