One of the advantages of managed care is that health insurance plans using this approach often negotiate lower rates for basic healthcare procedures with physicians, labs, and various types of healthcare facilities. What this means for the patient is the ability to obtain basic healthcare at a lower cost.
Etymology: L, auscultare, to listen. the act of listening for sounds within the body to evaluate the condition of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, pleura, intestines, or other organs or to detect the fetal heart sound.
Auscultation of the abdomen is subjective and non-specific, but can be useful. 1  Auscultation typically is performed in a four-quadrant approach: 2  Upper flank, right side: corresponds to the cecum. 3  Caudoventral abdomen, right side: corresponds to the colon. 4  Upper flank, left side: corresponds to the small intestine.