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Alos can be:

An ancient city in Greece. See Alos, Greece.
A commune in France. See Alos, France.
An initialism used in managed health care, meaning "average length of stay". See Alos (health care).
ALOS (Advanced Land Observation Satellite), a Japanese satellite.

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Categories: Disambiguation Alos was an ancient city which is located 10 km from the present-day Almyros Categories: Greece geography stubs ... Alos is a commune of the Tarn dÃ©partement, in France. ... Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... In health care, managed health care is the idea that the service that is provided by a hospital or other group of clinics may be managed by an external company. ... Alos is an initialism used in managed health care and stands for average length of stay. It refers to the number of days patients stay in medical institutions such as hospitals. ...

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