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PAPERBACK list:$39.95 Web:$35.96 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $31.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Physician Staffing for the VA: Volume II, Supplementary Papers Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses Other Related Titles Physician Staffing for the VA: Volume I (1991) 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 413   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 LOS — Length of stay LP — Linear programming LTC — Long—term care MAD — Mean absolute deviation Page 413 FRONT MATTER (R1-R16) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-12) 1 - OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY (13-18) 2 - BACKGROUND (19-28) 3 - OVERVIEW OF THE ANALYSIS (29-40) 4 - THE EMPIRICALLY BASED PHYSICIAN STAFFING MODELS (41-150) 5 - EXPERT JUDGMENT APPROACHES TO PHYSICIAN STAFFING (151-220) 6 - CHOOSING AMONG ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DETERMINING PHYSICIAN STAFFING (221-298) 7 - MANAGEMENT USES OF THE PHYSICIAN STAFFING METHODOLOGY (299-320) 8 - PROJECTING FUTURE PATIENT WORKLOAD (321-342) 9 - AFFILIATIONS WITH MEDICAL SCHOOLS (343-362) 10 - NONPHYSICIAN PRACTITIONERS (363-372) 11 - CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (373-400) APPENDIXES (401-402) A ROSTERS OF STUDY COMMITTEE PANELS AND VA LIAISON COMMITTEE (403-412) B LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (413-414)

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Physician Staffing for the VA: Volume I 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 LOS — Length of stay LP — Linear programming LTC — Long—term care MAD — Mean absolute deviation

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Physician Staffing for the VA: Volume I MEDIPP — Medical District Initiated Program Planning MICU — Medical intensive care unit 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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