Treating long-stay patients in acute hospital beds: an economic diagnosis.
1985
A Hochstein
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MeSH Term
Description
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D008134
Long-Term Care
Care over an extended period, usually for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care.
Care, Long-Term,Long Term Care
D011792
Quebec
A province of eastern Canada. Its capital is Quebec. The region belonged to France from 1627 to 1763 when it was lost to the British. The name is from the Algonquian quilibek meaning the place where waters narrow, referring to the gradually narrowing channel of the St. Lawrence or to the narrows of the river at Cape Diamond. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p993 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p440)
D003363
Cost Control
The containment, regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently subjective and dependent upon the specific geographic area of the activity being measured. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)