Biomaterial Database

HMO mergers: estimating impact on premiums and costs. 1997

J B Christianson, and R D Feldman, and D R Wholey

Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004465	Economic Competition	The effort of two or more parties to secure the business of a third party by offering, usually under fair or equitable rules of business practice, the most favorable terms.	Competition, Economic,Competitions, Economic,Economic Competitions
D005249	Fees and Charges	Amounts charged to the patient as payer for health care services.	Charges,Charges and Fees,Fees,Charge,Fee
D006273	Health Facility Merger	The combining of administrative and organizational resources of two or more health care facilities.	Acquisition, Health Facility,Health Facility Acquisition,Hospital Merger,Merger, Health Facility,Acquisitions, Health Facility,Facility Acquisition, Health,Facility Acquisitions, Health,Facility Merger, Health,Facility Mergers, Health,Health Facility Acquisitions,Health Facility Mergers,Hospital Mergers,Merger, Hospital,Mergers, Health Facility,Mergers, Hospital
D006279	Health Maintenance Organizations	Organized systems for providing comprehensive prepaid health care that have five basic attributes: (1) provide care in a defined geographic area; (2) provide or ensure delivery of an agreed-upon set of basic and supplemental health maintenance and treatment services; (3) provide care to a voluntarily enrolled group of persons; (4) require their enrollees to use the services of designated providers; and (5) receive reimbursement through a predetermined, fixed, periodic prepayment made by the enrollee without regard to the degree of services provided. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)	Group Health Organizations, Prepaid,HMO,Prepaid Group Health Organizations,Health Maintenance Organization,Organizations, Health Maintenance,Organization, Health Maintenance
D006302	Health Services Research	The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)	Health Care Research,Medical Care Research,Research, Health Services,Action Research,Health Services Evaluation,Healthcare Research,Research, Medical Care,Evaluation, Health Services,Evaluations, Health Services,Health Services Evaluations,Research, Action,Research, Health Care,Research, Healthcare
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016363	Antitrust Laws	Those federal and state laws, and their enforcement, that protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies or unfair business practices.	Antitrust Liability,Sherman Antitrust Act,Act, Sherman Antitrust,Antitrust Act, Sherman,Antitrust Law,Antitrust Liabilities,Law, Antitrust,Laws, Antitrust,Liabilities, Antitrust,Liability, Antitrust
D017048	Health Care Costs	The actual costs of providing services related to the delivery of health care, including the costs of procedures, therapies, and medications. It is differentiated from HEALTH EXPENDITURES, which refers to the amount of money paid for the services, and from fees, which refers to the amount charged, regardless of cost.	Medical Care Costs,Treatment Costs,Costs, Medical Care,Health Costs,Healthcare Costs,Cost, Health,Cost, Health Care,Cost, Healthcare,Cost, Medical Care,Cost, Treatment,Costs, Health,Costs, Health Care,Costs, Healthcare,Costs, Treatment,Health Care Cost,Health Cost,Healthcare Cost,Medical Care Cost,Treatment Cost
D017059	Models, Econometric	The application of mathematical formulas and statistical techniques to the testing and quantifying of economic theories and the solution of economic problems.	Econometric Models,Econometric Model,Model, Econometric