Hospitalization:

Terms Related to Hospitalization

• Length of Stay

  The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.

• Group Hospitalization

  Health insurance providing benefits to cover or partly cover hospital expenses.

• Hospitalist

  Physicians who are employed to work exclusively in hospital settings, primarily for managed care organizations. They are the attending or primary responsible physician for the ...

• Hospital-Physician Organization

  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 ...