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Example sentences for: outpatient
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Annual data from1992 through 2002 were obtained from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and the outpatient department component of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS).
Subjects were recruited from a general outpatient pediatric clinic at the Perlman Ambulatory Center of the UCSD Medical Center, La Jolla, during July and August of 2000.
[ 47 ] In contrast to studies that focus on inpatient data (in part because of their ready availability,) [ 48 ] our focus on outpatient care is highly relevant to comparisons of managed care with fee-for-service care [ 49 ] in terms of ambulatory practices that may prevent hospitalizations.
There was also poor documentation by physicians on valid reasons for hospitalizing low risk patients such as persistent nausea and vomiting, dehydration, homelessness and failed prior outpatient management.
The latter reflects the cost of ED assessment and cost of oral outpatient antibiotics.