National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey:

Terms Related to National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

• Hospital Ambulatory Care Facilities

  Organized services in a hospital which provide medical care on an outpatient basis.

• Ambulatory Care Information Systems

  Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization ...

• Ambulatory Care

  Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may ...

• Progressive Patient Care

  Organization of medical and nursing care according to the degree of illness and care requirements in the hospital. The elements are intensive care, intermediate care, ...

• National Health Service

  Components of a national health care system which administer specific services, e.g., national health insurance.

• National Center for Health Care Technology (U.S.)

  A center in the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE which coordinates and administers a program of research, demonstrations, and evaluations of medical technologies and assessments of health ...