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The impact of cost containment on the voluntary community hospital. 1980

J F Reilly

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008484	Medicaid	Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.	Dental Medicaid Program,Medical Assistance, Title 19,Dental Medicaid Programs,Medicaid Program, Dental,Medicaid Programs, Dental,Program, Dental Medicaid,Programs, Dental Medicaid
D009518	New York	State bounded on the north by Lake Ontario and Canada, on the east by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and on the west by Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, and Canada.
D009519	New York City	City located at the mouth of the Hudson River, in New York State.
D011366	Professional Review Organizations	Organizations representing designated geographic areas which have contracts under the PRO program to review the medical necessity, appropriateness, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care received by Medicare beneficiaries. Peer Review Improvement Act, PL 97-248, 1982.	PRO Professional Review Organizations,PSRO,Peer Review Organizations,Professional Standards Review Organizations,Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations,Organizations, Peer Review,Organizations, Professional Review,Review Organizations, Professional,Organization, Peer Review,Organization, Professional Review,Peer Review Organization,Professional Review Organization
D012051	Reimbursement Mechanisms	Processes or methods of reimbursement for services rendered or equipment.	Mechanism, Reimbursement,Mechanisms, Reimbursement,Reimbursement Mechanism
D002201	Capital Expenditures	Those funds disbursed for facilities and equipment, particularly those related to the delivery of health care.	Capital Expenditure,Expenditure, Capital,Expenditures, Capital
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
D005161	Facility Regulation and Control	Formal voluntary or governmental procedures and standards required of hospitals and health or other facilities to improve operating efficiency, and for the protection of the consumer.	Facility Control,Facility Regulation,Regulation, Facility,Control, Facility,Controls, Facility,Facility Controls,Facility Regulations,Regulations, Facility
D006745	Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499	The number of beds from 300 to 499 which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.
D006761	Hospitals	Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.	Hospital