Biomaterial Database

Patchwork not perestroika. The promise and problems of UNY*Care. 1990

D U Himmelstein, and S Woolhandler

Cambridge Hospital, MA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007348	Insurance, Health	Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading.	Group Health Insurance,Health Insurance,Health Insurance, Voluntary,Health Insurance, Group,Health Insurances,Insurance, Group Health,Insurance, Voluntary Health,Insurances, Health,Voluntary Health Insurance
D008489	Medical Indigency	The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living.	Indigency, Medical,Indigencies, Medical,Medical Indigencies
D009518	New York	State bounded on the north by Lake Ontario and Canada, on the east by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and on the west by Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, and Canada.
D003363	Cost Control	The containment, regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently subjective and dependent upon the specific geographic area of the activity being measured. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)	Cost Containment,Containment, Cost,Containments, Cost,Control, Cost,Controls, Cost,Cost Containments,Cost Controls
D005249	Fees and Charges	Amounts charged to the patient as payer for health care services.	Charges,Charges and Fees,Fees,Charge,Fee
D006264	Health Benefit Plans, Employee	Health insurance plans for employees, and generally including their dependents, usually on a cost-sharing basis with the employer paying a percentage of the premium.	CHAMPUS,Employee Health Benefit Plans
D013221	State Health Plans	State plans prepared by the State Health Planning and Development Agencies which are made up from plans submitted by the Health Systems Agencies and subject to review and revision by the Statewide Health Coordinating Council.	Comprehensive Health Plans, State,Health Plan, State,Health Plans, State,Plan, State Health,Plans, State Health,State Health Plan
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.