Health Care Economics and Organizations:

Terms Related to Health Care Economics and Organizations

• Competitive Health Plan

  Alternative health care delivery mechanisms, such as PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS or other health insurance services or prepaid plans (other than HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS), that meet ...

• Medical Economics

  Economic aspects of the field of medicine, the medical profession, and health care. It includes the economic and financial impact of disease in general on ...

• Managed Care

  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 ...

• Practice Guideline (PT)

  A set of directions or principles to assist the health care practitioner with patient care decisions about appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic, or other clinical procedures for ...