| D011203 |
Poverty |
A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level. |
Federal Poverty Level,Federal Poverty Threshold,Indigency,Low-Income Population,Absolute Poverty,Extreme Poverty,Indigents,Low Income Population,Federal Poverty Levels,Indigent,Level, Federal Poverty,Low Income Populations,Low-Income Populations,Population, Low Income,Population, Low-Income,Poverty Level, Federal,Poverty Threshold, Federal,Poverty, Absolute,Poverty, Extreme |
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| D011445 |
Prospective Payment System |
A system wherein reimbursement rates are set, for a given period of time, prior to the circumstances giving rise to actual reimbursement claims. |
Discretionary Adjustment Factor,Prospective Pricing,Prospective Reimbursement,Reimbursement, Prospective,Adjustment, Discretionary,Adjustment Factor, Discretionary,Adjustment Factors, Discretionary,Adjustments, Discretionary,Discretionary Adjustment,Discretionary Adjustment Factors,Discretionary Adjustments,Factor, Discretionary Adjustment,Factors, Discretionary Adjustment,Payment System, Prospective,Payment Systems, Prospective,Pricing, Prospective,Prospective Payment Systems,Prospective Reimbursements,Reimbursements, Prospective,System, Prospective Payment,Systems, Prospective Payment |
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| 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 |
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| D005060 |
Europe |
The continent north of AFRICA, west of ASIA and east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN. |
Northern Europe,Southern Europe,Western Europe |
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| D006295 |
Health Resources |
Available manpower, facilities, revenue, equipment, and supplies to produce requisite health care and services. |
Resources,Health Resource,Resource,Resource, Health,Resources, Health |
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| D014481 |
United States |
A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO. |
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| D018579 |
Patient Selection |
Criteria and standards used for the determination of the appropriateness of the inclusion of patients with specific conditions in proposed treatment plans and the criteria used for the inclusion of subjects in various clinical trials and other research protocols. |
Patient Recruitment,Research Subject Recruitment,Selection Criteria,Research Subject Selection,Selection for Treatment,Selection of Research Volunteers,Selection of Subjects,Criteria, Selection,Recruitment, Patient,Recruitment, Research Subject,Recruitments, Research Subject,Research Subject Recruitments,Research Subject Selections,Research Volunteers Selection,Research Volunteers Selections,Selection for Treatments,Selection, Patient,Selection, Research Subject,Selections, Research Subject,Subject Recruitment, Research,Subject Recruitments, Research,Subject Selection, Research,Subject Selections, Research,Subjects Selection,Subjects Selections,Treatment, Selection for,Treatments, Selection for,Volunteers Selection, Research |
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| D040841 |
Resource Allocation |
Societal or individual decisions about the equitable distribution of available resources. |
Allocation of Resources,Allocative Efficiency,Allocation, Resource,Efficiency, Allocative,Resources Allocation |
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