| AART | American Association for Rehabilitation Therapy; American Association for Respiratory Therapy |
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| AGPA | American Group Practice Association; American Group Psychotherapy Association |
| ALA | American Laryngological Association; American Lung Association; aminolevulinic acid; axiolabial |
| AMWA | American Medical Women's Association; American Medical Writers' Association |
| FAPA | Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Fellow of the American Psychoanalytical Association |
| hospital bed capacity | The number of beds which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hospital charges | The prices a hospital sets for its services. Hospital costs (the direct and indirect expenses incurred by the hospital in providing the services) are one factor in the determination of hospital charges. Other factors may include, for example, profits, competition, and the necessity of recouping the costs of uncompensated care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital communication systems | The transmission of messages to staff and patients within a hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital costs | The expenses incurred by a hospital in providing care. The hospital costs attributed to a particular patient care episode include the direct costs plus an appropriate proportion of the overhead for administration, personnel, building maintenance, equipment, etc. Hospital costs are one of the factors which determine hospital charges (the price the hospital sets for its services). (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital departments | Major administrative divisions of the hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital design and construction | The architecture, functional design, and construction of hospitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital distribution systems | Systems for delivering hospital supplies, food, laundry, etc., to patient care areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital fever | <infectious disease> A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40 |
| hospital formulary | A continually revised compilation of approved pharmaceuticals, plus important ancillary information, that reflects the current clinical judgment of the institution's medical staff. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hospital gangrene | A chronic ulcer that appears in pressure areas in debilitated patients confined to bed or otherwise immobilised, due to a circulatory defect from the enhanced tissue pressure in high-contact areas, often occurring over a bony prominence (for example sacral decubitus). (27 Sep 1997) |
| hospital information systems | Integrated, computer-assisted systems designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information concerned with the administrative and clinical aspects of providing medical services within the hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital mortality | A vital statistic measuring or recording the rate of death from any cause in hospitalised populations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital nurse | A registered nurse working in a hospital. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hospital-patient relations | Interactions between hospital staff or administrators and patients. Includes guest relations programs designed to improve the image of the hospital and attract patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital-physician joint ventures | A formal financial agreement made between one or more physicians and a hospital to provide ambulatory alternative services to those patients who do not require hospitalization. (12 Dec 1998) |