Biomaterial Database

Weaving together new alliances. Community health networks: meeting the challenge of the 21st century. 1993

L R Kaiser

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008329	Managed Care Programs	Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS and PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.	Case Management, Insurance,Insurance Case Management,Managed Health Care Insurance Plans,Managed Care,Care, Managed,Managed Care Program,Management, Insurance Case,Program, Managed Care,Programs, Managed Care
D009937	Organizational Objectives	The purposes, missions, and goals of an individual organization or its units, established through administrative processes. It includes an organization's long-range plans and administrative philosophy.	Goal Setting, Organizational,Goals, Organizational,Objectives, Organizational,Organizational Goals,Goal Settings, Organizational,Goal, Organizational,Objective, Organizational,Organizational Goal,Organizational Goal Setting,Organizational Goal Settings,Organizational Objective,Setting, Organizational Goal,Settings, Organizational Goal
D003153	Community Health Services	Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community.	Community Health Care,Community Healthcare,Health Services, Community,Services, Community Health,Community Health Service,Health Care, Community,Health Service, Community,Healthcare, Community,Service, Community Health
D003159	Community-Institutional Relations	The interactions between members of a community and representatives of the institutions within that community.	Community Outreach,Community Relations,Community Institutional Relations,Community Relation,Community-Institutional Relation,Outreach, Community,Relation, Community,Relation, Community-Institutional,Relations, Community,Relations, Community-Institutional
D003191	Comprehensive Health Care	Providing for the full range of personal health services for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation of patients.	Comprehensive Healthcare,Health Care, Comprehensive,Healthcare, Comprehensive
D006754	Hospital Restructuring	Reorganization of the hospital corporate structure.	Hospital Diversification,Hospital Reorganization,Diversification, Hospital,Reorganization, Hospital,Restructuring, Hospital,Hospital Reorganizations,Hospital Restructurings,Reorganizations, Hospital,Restructurings, Hospital
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016536	Competitive Medical Plans	Alternative health care delivery mechanisms, such as PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS or other health insurance services or prepaid plans (other than HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS), that meet Medicare qualifications for a risk-sharing contract. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)	Competitive Health Plan,Competitive Medical Plan,Medical Plan, Competitive,Medical Plans, Competitive,Competitive Health Plans,Health Plan, Competitive,Health Plans, Competitive,Plan, Competitive Health,Plan, Competitive Medical,Plans, Competitive Health,Plans, Competitive Medical