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A system of health care where the goal is a system that delivers quality, cost effective health care through monitoring and recommending utilization of services, and cost of services. (H)
Ãâó: www.insweb.com/learningcenter/glossary/health-m.ht...
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| managed care |
Medical insurance coverage provided by a health maintenance organization. (See HMO above.)
Ãâó: www.cheshire-med.com/programs/kingsbur/terms.html
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| managed care |
procedures used by organizations that assume risk for health services to control or influence variables in those services for a defined population; variables include cost, price, quality, and accessibility
Ãâó: pharmacy.ucsf.edu/glossary/m/
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| managed care |
A comprehensive approach to healthcare delivery that encompasses planning, educating, monitoring, coordinating, and controlling quality, access, and cost while considering the interests of patients, providers, and payers or a system that uses financial incentives and management controls to direct patients to providers who are responsible for giving appropriate care in cost-effective treatment settings. Such systems are created to control the cost of health care.
Ãâó: www.cmpmhmr.cog.pa.us/glossary.htm
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| managed competition |
Centralized management of the distribution of goods and services from various providers. It is often considered to be synonymous with a market-based approach because it allows consumers to choose from among competing health plans. In the context of national health care reform, it would include a defined package of basic benefits with supplemental options.
Ãâó: www.tcc.state.tx.us/impact/glossary.html
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