Medical Practice


 * ABO system
 * AMA
 * ambulatory care
 * American Medical Association
 * average length of stay
 * BAC
 * bed occupancy
 * bedside manner
 * blood alcohol concentration
 * bloodmobile
 * Blue Cross
 * Blue Shield
 * capitation fee
 * case history
 * catastrophic coverage
 * census
 * charity patient
 * closed panel practice
 * code call
 * cognitive service
 * coinsurance
 * comprehensive medical insurance
 * copayment
 * cost effectiveness
 * death certificate
 * diagnosis-related group
 * dioethics
 * DNR
 * DRG
 * dumping
 * fixed fee
 * follow-up
 * for-profit
 * gatekeeper
 * gray market
 * group insurance
 * group practice
 * HCFA
 * health administrator
 * Health Care Financing Administration
 * health insurance
 * health maintenance organization
 * high-touch product
 * Hippocratic oath
 * HMO
 * hospital administrator
 * hospitalization
 * house call
 * independent practice association
 * IPA
 * living will
 * major medical
 * malpractice
 * malpractice insurance managed care
 * Medicaid
 * Medicaid mill
 * medical insurance
 * medically indigent
 * Medicare
 * national health
 * National Institutes of Health
 * NIH
 * not-for-profit
 * notifiable disease
 * ombudsman
 * on-call
 * patient advocacy
 * PCN
 * peer review organization
 * physician liability
 * PPO
 * practice
 * preexisting condition
 * preferred-provider organization
 * primary care
 * primary care network
 * private insurance
 * private practice
 * PRO
 * procedure
 * procedure capture
 * product line extension
 * prospective payment
 * Public Health Service
 * RDA
 * recommended dietary allowance
 * referral
 * reimbursement
 * reportable disease
 * retail customer
 * retrospective billing
 * rounds
 * secondary care
 * shift
 * socialized medicine
 * tertiary care
 * U.S. recommended daily allowance
 * uncompensated care
 * USRDA
 * Utilization review committee
 * WHO
 * World Health Organization