Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Mindestfallzahl

English translation:

minimum caseload

Added to glossary by Gudrun Maydorn (X)
Jun 4, 2009 21:07
14 yrs ago
German term

Mindestfallzahl

German to English Medical Medical: Health Care
"Das zertifizierte Zentrum erbringt alle Kernleistungen (Diagnostik, Therapie usw). Nachzuweisen sind Mindestfallzahlen, die mit 200 pro Zentrum und bei 20 pro Operateur/Jahr festgelegt sind."

This terms is mentioned throughout the text which talks about setting up a specialized treatment center.
Is there an official term for it,or can we just say "case statistics" or "minimum case requirements" or...

Help appreciated.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +6 minimum case load
Change log

Jun 8, 2009 15:46: flebob Created KOG entry

Jun 8, 2009 15:49: Gudrun Maydorn (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1014881">flebob's</a> old entry - "Mindestfallzahl"" to ""minimum caseload""

Jun 30, 2009 10:19: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Medical (general)" to "Medical: Health Care"

Discussion

flebob (asker) Jun 8, 2009:
Thank you, Annett-- I will write it together. Great point!

Proposed translations

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minimum case load

I think case laod is a commonly used term in this context.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4000534
Peer comment(s):

agree Kim Metzger : Makes sense.
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thanks Kim
agree Marga Shaw
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thanks Marga
agree Inge Meinzer
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thanks Inge
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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thanks Harald
agree Ventnai
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thanks Ian
agree Dr. rer. nat. Annett Behn-Krappa : According to the entries in Google (case load clinical trial center) you should write it as one word: caseload. "Case load" also seems to describe the severity of a disease: "A woman seen by a surgeon with a large case load is approximately seven times
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Annett, I see that there are 394,000 hits for case load and 1.6 million hits for caseload. So both are correct, but it is written in one word far more often. Thanks for pointing this out.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot, Gudrun, for your speedy answer!"
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