| ACU | acquired cold urticaria; acute care unit; agar colony-forming unit; ambulatory care unit |
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| AHCA | Agency for Health Care Administration; American Health Care Association |
| CCRC | comprehensive care retirement community; continuing care retirement community |
| EC | effective concentration; ejection click; electrochemical; electron capture; embryonal carcinoma; eme... |
| ECC | electrocorticogram, electrocorticography; electronic claim capture; embryonal cell carcinoma; emerge... |
| patient care management | Generating, planning, organizing, and administering medical and nursing care and services for patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| patient care planning | Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| patient care team | Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organised under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| patient-centreed care | Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organised around patients rather than around specialised departments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical care | The portion of care under a physician's direction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peer review, health care | The concurrent or retrospective review by practicing physicians or other health professionals of the quality and efficiency of patient care practices or services ordered or performed by other physicians or other health professionals . (12 Dec 1998) |
| respiratory care unit | The hospital unit in which patients with respiratory conditions requiring special attention receive intensive medical care and surveillance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| respite care | Patient care provided in the home or institution intermittently in order to provide temporary relief to the family home care giver. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perinatal care | The care and management of the foetus and newborn infant in the perinatal period before, during, and after delivery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perioperative care | Interventions to provide care prior to, during, and immediately after surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child care | Care of children in the home or institution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child day care centres | Facilities which provide care for pre-school and school-age children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rooming-in care | Care of the newborn infant in a crib near the mother's bed, instead of in a nursery, during the hospital stay. (12 Dec 1998) |
| comprehensive dental care | Providing for the full range of dental health services for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation of patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| comprehensive health care | Providing for the full range of personal health services for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation of patients. (12 Dec 1998) |