| CCHP | Consumer Choice Health Plan |
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| CPSC | congenital paucity of secondary synaptic clefts [syndrome]; Consumer Products Safety Commission |
| FDCPA | Food, Drug, and Consumer Product Agency |
| MCCI | medical care component of the consumer price index; medical cost control initiative |
| MCCPI | medical care component of the consumer price index |
| CAHPS | Consumer Assessment of Health Plan Study |
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| CPSC | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| DTC | Direct to consumer |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations |
| consumer organizations | Organised groups of users of goods and services. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| consumer advocacy | The promotion and support of consumers' rights and interests. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| consumer participation | Community or individual involvement in the decision-making process. (12 Dec 1998) |
| consumer satisfaction | Customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a benefit or service received. (12 Dec 1998) |
| preferred provider organizations | Arrangements negotiated between a third-party payer (often a self-insured company or union trust fund) and a group of health-care providers (hospitals and physicians) who furnish services at lower than usual fees, and, in return, receive prompt payment and an expectation of an increased volume of patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health care economics and organizations | The economic aspects of health care, its planning, and delivery. It includes government agencies and organizations in the private sector. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health maintenance organizations | Organised systems for providing comprehensive prepaid health care that have five basic attributes: 1) provide care in a defined geographic area; 2) provide or ensure delivery of an agreed-upon set of basic and supplemental health maintenance and treatment services; 3) provide care to a voluntarily enrolled group of persons; 4) require their enrollees to use the services of designated providers; and 5) receive reimbursement through a predetermined, fixed, periodic prepayment made by the enrollee without regard to the degree of services provided. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health planning organizations | Organizations involved in all aspects of health planning activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| professional review organizations | Organizations representing designated geographic areas which have contracts under the pro program to review the medical necessity, appropriateness, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care received by medicare beneficiaries. Peer review improvement act, pl 97-248, 1982. (12 Dec 1998) |
| organizations | Administration and functional structures for the purpose of collectively systematizing activities for a particular goal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| organizations, nonprofit | Organizations which are not operated for a profit and may be supported by endowments or private contributions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations | A private, voluntary, not-for-profit organization which establishes standards for the operation of health facilities and services, conducts surveys, and awards accreditation. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Organizations, Consumer, Consumer Organization, Organization, Consumer
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