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Cost of medical care in an experimental study of prepaid group and fee for service practice. 1975

G T Perkoff, and L Kahn, and P J Haas

Enrollees in an experimental prepaid group practice did use fewer hospital days and more ambulatory services than did control enrollees. In spite of this, however, savings generated from this reduction in hospital utilization were not enough to pay for the increased ambulatory services provided. Mechanisms for cost control must be sought in areas in addition to hospital savings. Two such areas are preventive services of unproved value, and physicians' services costs.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007357	Insurance, Physician Services	Insurance providing benefits for the costs of care by a physician which can be comprehensive or limited to surgical expenses or for care provided only in the hospital. It is frequently called "regular medical expense" or "surgical expense".	Physician Services, Insurance,Services Insurance, Physician,Insurance Physician Service,Insurance Physician Services,Insurances, Physician Services,Physician Service, Insurance,Physician Services Insurance,Physician Services Insurances,Service, Insurance Physician,Services Insurances, Physician,Services, Insurance Physician
D008923	Missouri	State bounded on the east by Illinois and Kentucky, on the south by Arkansas, on the west by Kansas, and on the north by Iowa.
D003362	Cost-Benefit Analysis	A method of comparing the cost of a program with its expected benefits in dollars (or other currency). The benefit-to-cost ratio is a measure of total return expected per unit of money spent. This analysis generally excludes consideration of factors that are not measured ultimately in economic terms. In contrast a cost effectiveness in general compares cost with qualitative outcomes.	Cost and Benefit,Cost-Benefit Data,Benefits and Costs,Cost Benefit,Cost Benefit Analysis,Cost-Utility Analysis,Costs and Benefits,Economic Evaluation,Marginal Analysis,Analyses, Cost Benefit,Analysis, Cost Benefit,Analysis, Cost-Benefit,Analysis, Cost-Utility,Analysis, Marginal,Benefit and Cost,Cost Benefit Analyses,Cost Benefit Data,Cost Utility Analysis,Cost-Benefit Analyses,Cost-Utility Analyses,Data, Cost-Benefit,Economic Evaluations,Evaluation, Economic,Marginal Analyses
D005251	Fees, Medical	Amounts charged to the patient as payer for medical services.	Fee, Medical,Medical Fee,Medical Fees
D006123	Group Practice	Any group of three or more full-time physicians organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of health care services, sharing space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and who have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income.	Group Practices,Practice, Group,Practices, Group
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000553	Ambulatory Care	Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.	Outpatient Care,Outpatient Health Services,Clinic Visits,Health Services, Outpatient,Outpatient Services,Services, Outpatient Health,Urgent Care,Care, Ambulatory,Care, Outpatient,Care, Urgent,Cares, Urgent,Clinic Visit,Health Service, Outpatient,Outpatient Health Service,Outpatient Service,Service, Outpatient,Service, Outpatient Health,Services, Outpatient,Urgent Cares,Visit, Clinic,Visits, Clinic