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... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Economics > Financing, Organized > Insurance > Insurance, Health > Single-Payer System
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Single-Payer System  

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Entry terms

  • Plan, Single-Payer
  • Plans, Single-Payer
  • Single Payer Plan
  • Single-Payer Plan
  • Single-Payer Plans

Note

  • a type of organized health-care financing

Scope note

  • An approach to health care financing with only one source of money for paying health care providers. The scope may be national (the Canadian System), state-wide, or community-based. The payer may be a governmental unit or other entity such as an insurance company. The proposed advantages include administrative simplicity for patients and providers, and resulting significant savings in overhead costs. (From Slee and Slee, Health Care Reform Terms, 1993, p106)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018855

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