global period

English translation: total time

23:27 May 26, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
English term or phrase: global period
Hi guys, I need some help with this.
Context:

Surgery: Surgical procedures are billed separately by doctors and the hospital. The doctor’s charge for the surgery includes the cost for any follow up treatment or visits within 90 days of the procedure, also known as the ‘global period’.
However hospitals must bill each date of service separately as there is no ‘global period.’

From the asker:
I understand: A global period is a period of time starting with a surgical procedure and ending some period of time after the procedure.
I'm looking for a close synonym, so I can translate into my mother tongue.

Is "total treatment time" a good answer?
Nam Vo
Vietnam
Local time: 18:27
Selected answer:total time
Explanation:
It's explained in the text as the 90-day period after surgery, which is not necessarily the same as the treatment period.
Selected response from:

philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3total time
philgoddard
4 +1overall period
David Hollywood


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
total time


Explanation:
It's explained in the text as the 90-day period after surgery, which is not necessarily the same as the treatment period.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, and "overall" is another synonym.
10 hrs

agree  Jörgen Slet
13 hrs

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
15 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
overall period


Explanation:
that's what the English means

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Note added at 2 hrs (2017-05-27 01:57:31 GMT)
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maybe this will help you to find an equivalent

David Hollywood
Local time: 08:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 30
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, David :)

Asker: Yes. I have. Thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: You can't have a definition that includes the word you're defining :-)
3 hrs
  -> partially yes in this case Phil

agree  acetran
1 day 5 hrs
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