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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 |
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| D009732 |
Nursing Care |
Care given to patients by nursing service personnel. |
Care, Nursing,Management, Nursing Care,Nursing Care Management |
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| D011787 |
Quality of Health Care |
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality. |
Pharmacy Audit,Quality of Care,Quality of Healthcare,Audit, Pharmacy,Care Quality,Health Care Quality,Healthcare Quality,Pharmacy Audits |
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| D003657 |
Decision Making |
The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea. |
Credit Assignment,Assignment, Credit,Assignments, Credit,Credit Assignments |
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| D000555 |
Ambulatory Care Information Systems |
Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of ambulatory care services and facilities. |
Ambulatory Information Systems,Information Systems, Ambulatory Care,Ambulatory Information System,Information System, Ambulatory,Information Systems, Ambulatory |
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| D013689 |
Telephone |
An instrument for reproducing sounds especially articulate speech at a distance. (Webster, 3rd ed) |
Switchboard Service,Service, Switchboard,Services, Switchboard,Switchboard Services,Telephones |
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| D014481 |
United States |
A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO. |
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| 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 |
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| D017048 |
Health Care Costs |
The actual costs of providing services related to the delivery of health care, including the costs of procedures, therapies, and medications. It is differentiated from HEALTH EXPENDITURES, which refers to the amount of money paid for the services, and from fees, which refers to the amount charged, regardless of cost. |
Medical Care Costs,Treatment Costs,Costs, Medical Care,Health Costs,Healthcare Costs,Cost, Health,Cost, Health Care,Cost, Healthcare,Cost, Medical Care,Cost, Treatment,Costs, Health,Costs, Health Care,Costs, Healthcare,Costs, Treatment,Health Care Cost,Health Cost,Healthcare Cost,Medical Care Cost,Treatment Cost |
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| D018570 |
Risk Assessment |
The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988) |
Assessment, Risk,Benefit-Risk Assessment,Risk Analysis,Risk-Benefit Assessment,Health Risk Assessment,Risks and Benefits,Analysis, Risk,Assessment, Benefit-Risk,Assessment, Health Risk,Assessment, Risk-Benefit,Benefit Risk Assessment,Benefit-Risk Assessments,Benefits and Risks,Health Risk Assessments,Risk Analyses,Risk Assessment, Health,Risk Assessments,Risk Benefit Assessment,Risk-Benefit Assessments |
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