Biomaterial Database

MICRA (Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act): balancing compensation and cost containment. 1992

L R Allen, and A R Bryan

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007351	Insurance, Liability	Insurance against loss resulting from liability for injury or damage to the persons or property of others.	No-Fault Insurance,Insurance, No-Fault,Liability Insurance,No Fault Insurance
D008318	Malpractice	Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Professional Negligence,Negligence,Negligence, Professional,Professional Negligences
D011057	Politics	Activities concerned with governmental policies, functions, etc.	Political Activity,Conservatism,Decentralization,Liberalism,Political Factors,Activities, Political,Activity, Political,Factor, Political,Factors, Political,Political Activities,Political Factor
D002140	California	State bounded on the east by Nevada and Arizona, on the south by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean on the south and west, and on the north by Oregon.
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
D013219	State Government	The level of governmental organization and function below that of the national or country-wide government.	Government, State,Provincial Government,Government, Provincial,Governments, State,State Governments
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.