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Preferred term

Patient Freedom of Choice Laws  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • AWS-FOC Laws
  • Choice of Health Care Provider Laws
  • Choice of Healthcare Provider Laws
  • Provider Restriction, Selective
  • Provider Restrictions, Selective
  • Restriction, Selective Provider
  • Restrictions, Selective Provider
  • Selective Provider Restriction
  • Selective Provider Restrictions

Scope note

  • Laws requiring patients under managed care programs to receive services from the physician or other provider of their choice. Any willing provider laws take many different forms, but they typically prohibit managed-care organizations from having a closed panel of physicians, hospitals, or other providers.

History note

  • 99

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020403

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