. "Appendix B: List of Abbreviations." Physician Staffing for the VA: Volume II, Supplementary Papers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1992.
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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)