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PAPERBACK list:$100.75 Web:$90.67 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Physician Staffing for the VA: Volume I Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses Other Related Titles Physician Staffing for the VA: Volume II, Supplementary Papers (1992) Institute of Medicine (IOM) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 535   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. APPENDIX B LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADC - Average daily census BDOC - Bed-days of care BMTU - Bone marrow transplant unit CAPWWU - Capitation Weighted Work Unit C&A - Consulting and attending (physician) CCU - Coronary care unit CDR - Cost Distribution Report CNS - Clinical nurse specialist COGME - Council on Graduate Medical Education COS - Chiefs of staff CRNA - Certified registered nurse anesthetist DoD - Department of Defense DRG - Diagnosis-related group DSE - Detailed Staffing Exercise EBPSM - Empirically Based Physician Staffing Models FT - Full-time FTEE - Full-Time-Equivalent Employees FY - Fiscal year GEU - Geriatric evaluation unit GMENAC - Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee GRECC - Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center HMO - Health maintenance organization HBHC - Hospital-based home care ICU - Intensive care unit IHS - Indian Health Service IOM - Institute of Medicine IPF - Inverse production function JCAHO - Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Page 535 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-14) Section I: Specialty and Clinical Program Panel ReportsOverview of the Specialty and Clinical Program Panels (15-74) Medicine Panel Report (75-98) Surgery Panel Report (99-160) Psychiatry Panel Report (161-206) Neurology Panel Report (207-236) Rehabilitation Medicine Panel Report (237-268) Other Physician Specialities Panel Report (269-310) Ambulatory Care Panel Report (311-350) Long-Term Care Panel Report (351-392) Section II: Affiliations Panel ReportAffiliations Panel Report (393-418) Section III: Nonphysician Practitioners Panel ReportNonphysician Practitioners Panel Report (419-466) Section IV: Further Examination of the Empirically Based Physician Staffing Models (467-530) Appendix A: Rosters of the Data and Methodology Panel and VA Liaison Committee (531-534) Appendix B: List of Abbreviations (535-536)

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Physician Staffing for the VA: VOLUME II APPENDIX B LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADC - Average daily census BDOC - Bed-days of care BMTU - Bone marrow transplant unit CAPWWU - Capitation Weighted Work Unit C&A - Consulting and attending (physician) CCU - Coronary care unit CDR - Cost Distribution Report CNS - Clinical nurse specialist COGME - Council on Graduate Medical Education COS - Chiefs of staff CRNA - Certified registered nurse anesthetist DoD - Department of Defense DRG - Diagnosis-related group DSE - Detailed Staffing Exercise EBPSM - Empirically Based Physician Staffing Models FT - Full-time FTEE - Full-Time-Equivalent Employees FY - Fiscal year GEU - Geriatric evaluation unit GMENAC - Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee GRECC - Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center HMO - Health maintenance organization HBHC - Hospital-based home care ICU - Intensive care unit IHS - Indian Health Service IOM - Institute of Medicine IPF - Inverse production function JCAHO - Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

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Physician Staffing for the VA: VOLUME II LOS - Length of stay LP - Linear programming LTC - Long-term care MAD - Mean absolute deviation MEDIPP - Medical District Initiated Program Planning MICU - Medical intensive care unit MP - Marginal product NP - Nurse practitioner NPP - Nonphysician practitioner OPS - Other Physician Services (serving to define one of six ambulatory PCAs at the VAMC) PA - Physician assistant PCA - Patient care area PF - Production function PGY - Postgraduate year PSA - Primary service area PT - Part-time PTF - Patient Treatment File PTSD - Post-traumatic stress disorder RAM - Resource Allocation Methodology RBRVS - Resource-Based Relative Value Scale RMS - Rehabilitation medicine service RPM - Resource Planning and Management (methodology) RUG - Resource Utilization Group RUGWWU - Resource Utilization Group Weighted Work Unit SADI - Staffing Algorithm Development Instrument SCI - Spinal cord injury SICU - Surgical intensive care unit VA - Department of Veterans Affairs VAMC - Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center VHA - Veterans Health Administration WOC - Without-compensation (physician) WWU - Weighted Work Unit

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