DRG — Care Abroad A bucket. Every inpatient stay is sorted at discharge into one group by diagnosis, procedures and complications, each group carries a weight, and the weight times a base rate is what the hospital is paid — the same… nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/drg/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 43KLINE
Bundled payment — Care Abroad One payment covering everything a patient needs for a defined episode — the admission, the surgeon, the rehabilitation, the readmission if it happens — across every provider involved, for a fixed number of days after… nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/bundled-payment/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 41KLINE
Facilitator — Care Abroad The commercial party between a patient and a hospital abroad. It gathers records, produces a quote, books the surgeon, often books the flight and the hotel, and meets the patient at the airport. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/facilitator/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 44KLINE
Day case — Care Abroad Treatment that occupies a hospital bed for part of a day and no night. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/day-case/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 39KLINE
Length of stay — Care Abroad How long a patient occupies a hospital bed. On a price page it is a number of nights the seller has budgeted for; in a health statistic it is a measured average across discharges. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/length-of-stay/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40KLINE
Informed consent — Care Abroad A patient's agreement to a procedure, given after being told what it involves, what it risks and what the alternatives are. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/informed-consent/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 42KLINE
Medical visa — Care Abroad An entry permission issued for treatment. Some states run a dedicated class that names the hospital and admits a companion; others treat a patient arriving for surgery as an ordinary visitor. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/medical-visa/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40KLINE
Tariff — Care Abroad A schedule of amounts set by a state or an insurer for named items of care. It fixes what the payer will pay, or refund, for each item. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/tariff/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 41KLINE
Repatriation — Care Abroad Moving a patient who cannot fly commercially from where they were treated to a hospital at home that can finish the job — or moving a body. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/repatriation/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 39KLINE
Revision — Care Abroad A second operation on the site of a first: an implant replaced, a nose re-cut, a sleeve converted, a graft redone. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/revision/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40KLINE
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