Professional Standards Review Organization: Meaning and Definition of

Profes'sional Stand'ards Review' Organiza"tion

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  1. a group of physicians and sometimes other health-care professionals that monitors the quality and cost of medical services in a particular region or community. Abbr.: PSRO
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