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Spanish term or phrase:	ARS/EPS (Colombia)
English translation:	ARS/EPS (Health insurance entities)
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19:40 Feb 24, 2010

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Spanish term or phrase: ARS/EPS (Colombia)

These are abbreviations linked to health care (providers?) in Colombia. Does anyone know what they stand for? And perhaps if there is already a standard translation for them in English?

Christopher Patrick Fitzsimons KudoZ activity Questions: 125 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 43 Portugal
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ARS/EPS (Health insurance entities)

Explanation:
ARS= Administradoras del regimen subsidiado
Health insurance entities administering the subsidized scheme for the low-income population

EPS= Empresas promotoras de salud
Private health insurers

Public service reforms and their impact on health sector personnel ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
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42. Public service reforms and their impact on health sector personnel in Colombia. Sophia Schlette*. December 1998. The author is an independent consultant ...
www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/health/pu...

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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 04:50

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ARS/EPS (Health insurance entities)

patinba

LPN/LVN, APN

Anne Estrada

Subsidized Regime Administrator / Insurance Provider Company

andres-larsen

Discussion entries: 3

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ARS/EPS (Health insurance entities)

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 04:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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Gracias!

32 mins confidence:

LPN/LVN, APN

Explanation:
Below are some links which explain what the acronyms stand for.

CompuTrabajo Colombia - Empleos en SaludVida EPS - ARS - [ Translate this page ]SaludVida EPS - ARS. Información de la empresa y ofertas de empleo.
www.computrabajo.com.co/bt-empd-epssaludvida.htm - Cached - Similar -
CAMBIO DE EPS O ARS - [ Translate this page ]Todas las EPS y ARS deben cumplir la misma ley en todo el territorio ... básicos del Sistema de Seguridad Social en Colombia es la libre escogencia. ...
www.encolombia.com/heraldo231-cambiarse.htm - Cached - Similar -

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LPN/LVN = licensed practical nurse/licences vocational nurse
APN= assistant practical nurse

Anne Estrada
Canada
Local time: 00:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

38 mins confidence:

Subsidized Regime Administrator / Insurance Provider Company

Explanation:
Subsidized Regime Administrator / Insurance Provider Company

sources:

Ministerio de la Proteccion Social /¿Qué es el Régimen Subsidiado?***Las Administradoras de Régimen Subsidiado ARS, debidamente autorizadas por la Superintendencia Nacional de Salud***, están obligadas a garantizar la prestación ...
www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/.../NewsDetail.asp?... -

[PDF] Ministerio de la Protección Social - Instituto Nacional de Salud ...: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick view
Experiencia en Colombia de la Estrategia DOTS/TAS para el manejo de la tuberculosis en pueblos ...... ***Acrónimos. ARS. Administradora del Régimen Subsidiado*** ... Dusakawi EPS., “Nuestra misión es entretejer un mundo de convivencia”. ...
www.col.ops-oms.org/publicaciones/tuberculosis.pdf -

Salud en Colombia - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre***Ir a EPS‎: La Superintendencia de Salud define cuales organizaciones privadas califican como Empresas Prestadoras de Salud (EPS)*** basándose en la ...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salud_en_Colombia -

¿que son ars, ips, arp, eps,? - Yahoo! Respuestas20 Jul 2009 ... Respuestas a la pregunta ¿que son ars, ips, arp, eps,? en la categoría Eduación primaria y secundaria en Yahoo! ... ***El acrónimo EPS puede referirse a: ... Empresa Prestadora de Seguro de Colombia***. ...
es.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid... - España -

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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