| D010820 |
Physicians |
Individuals licensed to practice medicine. |
Physician |
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| D011216 |
Practice Management, Medical |
The organization and operation of the business aspects of a physician's practice. |
Medical Practice Management Services,Management, Medical Practice,Medical Practice Management,Practice Management Services, Medical,Managements, Medical Practice,Medical Practice Managements,Practice Managements, Medical |
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| D003657 |
Decision Making |
The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea. |
Credit Assignment,Assignment, Credit,Assignments, Credit,Credit Assignments |
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| D005382 |
Financing, Personal |
Payment by individuals or their family for health care services which are not covered by a third-party payer, either insurance or medical assistance. |
Personal Expenditures,Expenditure, Personal,Expenditures, Personal,Personal Expenditure,Personal Financing |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D001291 |
Attitude of Health Personnel |
Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc. |
Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes |
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| D014481 |
United States |
A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO. |
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| D017009 |
Professional Autonomy |
The quality or state of being independent and self-directing, especially in making decisions, enabling professionals to exercise judgment as they see fit during the performance of their jobs. |
Self Regulation, Professional,Autonomy, Professional,Professional Self Regulation,Regulation, Professional Self |
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