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| control rising cost of health care and achieving the max. benefit for every $ spent. |
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| Diagnostic Relate Goups (DRGs) |
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| under this gov plan, patients w/ certain diagnoses who are admitted to hospitals are classified in one payment group |
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| use of video, audio and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services |
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| state of being in optimum health w/ a balanced relationship between physical, mental, and social health |
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| monitoring the use of energy to control costs and conserve resources |
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| uses both mainstream medical treatments and CAM therapies to treat patients |
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| requires states to establish training and competency evaluation programs for nursing and geriatric assistants |
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| patients receive care w/o being admitted to hospitals or other care facilites |
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| methods of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies |
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| methods of treatment used in conjuntion w/ conventional medical therapies |
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| an infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geo. area; worldwide epidemic |
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| care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being |
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| health care in patient's home |
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