disproportionate share

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• Disproportionate share hospital — The United States government provides special funding to hospitals who treat significant populations of indigent patients through the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) programs. The program seeks to continue to encourage hospitals to provide… …   Wikipedia

• Disproportionate Share Program — The Medicaid disproportionate share program (DSH) was created in the early 1980s to provide payments to hospitals to help cover the costs of uncompensated care. Though various local, state and federal programs also provide hospitals with payments …   Wikipedia

• share — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of sth that has been divided ADJECTIVE ▪ bigger, greater, higher, large, the lion s, major, significant, substantial ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• disproportionate — dis|pro|por|tion|ate [ ,dısprə pɔrʃnət ] adjective if something is disproportionate, it is bigger or smaller than it should be in comparison to something else: I ve been given a disproportionate share of the work. disproportionate to: The size of …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• disproportionate — UK [ˌdɪsprəˈpɔː(r)ʃ(ə)nət] / US [ˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nət] adjective if something is disproportionate, it is bigger or smaller than it should be in comparison to something else I ve been given a disproportionate share of the work. disproportionate to:… …   English dictionary

• disproportionate — adjective Date: 1555 being out of proportion < a disproportionate share > • disproportionately adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• disproportionate — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ grossly, hugely, vastly, wildly ▪ completely, quite …   Collocations dictionary

• lion's share — {n. phr.} A disproportionate share; the largest part. * /The manager always gets the lion s share of the company s profits./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lion's share — {n. phr.} A disproportionate share; the largest part. * /The manager always gets the lion s share of the company s profits./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lion's\ share — n. phr. A disproportionate share; the largest part. The manager always gets the lion s share of the company s profits …   Словарь американских идиом

• lion's share — the largest part or share, esp. a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion s share of the estate. [1780 90; prob. after Aesop s fable in which the lion claimed all the spoils of a hunt] * * * …   Universalium