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Average Length of Stay (ALOS)

This refers to how long, on average, patients are inpatients in a hospital. This can sometimes be used as a measure of efficiency, but it is not necessarily correlated with quality of care.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1966 (HIPAA)

An expansive law relating to employer sponsored health insurance that protects employees who lose a job or change jobs. HIPAA also protects the privacy of…