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Specialty groups give cost containment support, advice. 1979

A number of medical and health care specialty organizations have either given direct support to the Voluntary Effort or have sanctioned cost containment as a principle. Some have drawn upon their professional expertise and developed cost containment recommendations for their constituencies. A sampling of these recommendations is included.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010336 Pathology A specialty concerned with the nature and cause of disease as expressed by changes in cellular or tissue structure and function caused by the disease process. Pathologies
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
D004469 Economics, Hospital Economic aspects related to the management and operation of a hospital. Hospital Economics,Economic, Hospital,Hospital Economic
D004635 Emergency Medicine The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility. Medicine, Emergency
D000776 Anesthesiology A specialty concerned with the study of anesthetics and anesthesia.
D012955 Societies, Medical Societies whose membership is limited to physicians. Medical Societies,Medical Society,Society, Medical
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.

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