Biomaterial Database

AMA statement to the House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health. 1995

L R Bristow

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007342	Insurance Benefits	Payments or services provided under stated circumstances under the terms of an insurance policy. In prepayment programs, benefits are the services the programs will provide at defined locations and to the extent needed.	Health Benefits,Insurance Beneficiary,Beneficiaries, Insurance,Beneficiary, Insurance,Benefit, Health,Benefit, Insurance,Benefits, Health,Benefits, Insurance,Health Benefit,Insurance Beneficiaries,Insurance Benefit
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
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
D006278	Medicare	Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)	Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18,Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled,Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18,Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
D000574	American Medical Association	Professional society representing the field of medicine.	AMA - American Medical Association,AMA American Medical Association,Association, American Medical,Medical Association, American
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D017149	Private Sector	That distinct portion of the institutional, industrial, or economic structure of a country that is controlled or owned by non-governmental, private interests.	Private Enterprise,Enterprise, Private,Enterprises, Private,Private Enterprises,Sector, Private
D018166	Health Care Reform	Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.	Healthcare Reform,Health Care Reforms,Healthcare Reforms,Reform, Health Care,Reform, Healthcare,Reforms, Health Care,Reforms, Healthcare