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

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Managed Care Programs  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Managed Health Care Insurance Plans

Note

  • specify geog

Scope note

  • Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS and PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.

History note

  • 90(88); was see under DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE 1988-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008329

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