direct costs

direct costs,

in managed care, the costs of labor, supplies, and equipment to provide direct patient care services.

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direct

without intervening steps.

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direct antiglobulin test

see direct coombs test.

direct capture ELISA mastitis test

measures polymorphonuclear antigens in milk sample as an indication of elevated milk cell counts and therefore presence of mastitis.

direct contact

see direct contact.

direct costs

see variable costs.

direct effect

the effect of one variable on another without passing through a third variable.

direct immunofluorescence testing

see fluorescence microscopy.

direct oxidative pathway

see pentose phosphate pathway.

direct relationship

see direct relationship.