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Florida group reaps single-digit increases. 1994

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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
D011785	Quality Assurance, Health Care	Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.	Quality Assessment, Health Care,Health Care Quality Assessment,Health Care Quality Assurance,Healthcare Quality Assessment,Healthcare Quality Assurance,Quality Assessment, Healthcare,Quality Assurance, Healthcare,Assessment, Healthcare Quality,Assessments, Healthcare Quality,Assurance, Healthcare Quality,Assurances, Healthcare Quality,Healthcare Quality Assessments,Healthcare Quality Assurances,Quality Assessments, Healthcare,Quality Assurances, Healthcare
D005431	Florida	State bounded on east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the west by Alabama and on the north by Alabama and Georgia.
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
D006265	Health Care Coalitions	Voluntary groups of people representing diverse interests in the community such as hospitals, businesses, physicians, and insurers, with the principal objective to improve health care cost effectiveness.	Business Coalitions (Health Care),Business Coalitions (Healthcare),Healthcare Coalitions,Business Coalition (Health Care),Business Coalition (Healthcare),Coalition, Business (Health Care),Coalition, Business (Healthcare),Coalition, Health Care,Coalition, Healthcare,Coalitions, Business (Health Care),Coalitions, Business (Healthcare),Coalitions, Health Care,Coalitions, Healthcare,Health Care Coalition,Healthcare Coalition
D006761	Hospitals	Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.	Hospital
D017046	Cost Savings	Reductions in all or any portion of the costs of providing goods or services. Savings may be incurred by the provider or the consumer.	Cost Saving,Saving, Cost,Savings, Cost
D017754	Group Purchasing	A shared service which combines the purchasing power of individual organizations or facilities in order to obtain lower prices for equipment and supplies. (From Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)	Hospital Group Purchasing,Joint Purchasing,Shared Purchasing,Group Purchasing, Hospital,Hospital Joint Purchasing,Hospital Shared Purchasing,Joint Purchasing, Hospital,Purchasing, Hospital, Group,Purchasing, Hospital, Joint,Purchasing, Hospital, Shared,Shared Purchasing, Hospital,Purchasing, Group,Purchasing, Joint,Purchasing, Shared