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.
â  BP measurement by auscultation is the Gold Standard. â  BP by automated device correlates reasonably well with auscultation, with practical advantages of rapid measurement remote from child and elimination ofreader error. â  If BP is high by automated device, repeat by auscultation.