Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Delivery of Health Care > Managed Care Programs > Independent Practice Associations
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Managed Care Programs > Independent Practice Associations
... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Economics > Financing, Organized > Insurance > Insurance, Health > Managed Care Programs > Independent Practice Associations
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Economics > Financing, Organized > Insurance > Insurance, Health > Managed Care Programs > Independent Practice Associations
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Organization and Administration > Professional Practice > Group Practice > Independent Practice Associations
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Organization and Administration > Professional Practice > Private Practice > Independent Practice Associations

Preferred term

Independent Practice Associations  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Association, Independent Practice
  • Association, Individual Practice
  • Associations, Independent Practice
  • Associations, Individual Practice
  • Independent Practice Association
  • Individual Practice Association
  • Individual Practice Associations
  • IPA (Independent Practice Association)
  • IPA (Individual Practice Association)
  • IPAs (Independent Practice Association)
  • IPAs (Individual Practice Association)
  • Practice Association, Independent
  • Practice Association, Individual
  • Practice Associations, Independent
  • Practice Associations, Individual

Scope note

  • A partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity that enters into an arrangement for the provision of services with persons who are licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry, and with other care personnel. Under an IPA arrangement, licensed professional persons provide services through the entity in accordance with a mutually accepted compensation arrangement, while retaining their private practices. Services under the IPA are marketed through a prepaid health plan. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

History note

  • 92; was INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION 1988-91 (see under PRIVATE PRACTICE 1988-90)

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007193

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 5/2/87, last modified 5/12/94