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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.

Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR)

A provision in the Affordable Care Act that lowers the amount an individual pays out-of-pocket for deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Individuals can qualify if they…