evidence-based medicine
type: Concept
broader: managed care

health maintenance organizations
type: Concept
broader: managed care

carve-outs
type: Concept
broader: managed care

health professionals and healthcare organizations
type: Concept
narrower: managed care

compensating differentials
type: Concept
broader: managed care

systems of care
type: Concept
narrower: managed care

out-of-network services
type: Concept
broader: managed care

managed care
narrower: patterns of care
narrower: health care reform
narrower: managed care plans
narrower: ambulatory care
narrower: medical care
narrower: fee-for-service
narrower: mandated coverage
narrower: length of stay
narrower: health maintenance organizations
narrower: evidence-based medicine
narrower: compensating differentials
narrower: enrollment
narrower: per diem payments
narrower: out-of-network services
narrower: per member per month
narrower: prospective payment system
narrower: carve-outs
narrower: enrollee
broader: private medicine
broader: health care economics and management
broader: health (social problems)
broader: health care management
broader: society and health
broader: health professionals and healthcare organizations
broader: systems of care
definition: Managed care can be thought of as an outgrowth of health insurance. It is basically a contract to provide, or arrange to have provided, a defined set of health services for a defined population. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health & Aging; Managed Care]
type: Concept

per diem payments
type: Concept
broader: managed care

length of stay
type: Concept
broader: managed care

fee-for-service
type: Concept
broader: managed care

health care reform
type: Concept
broader: managed care

per member per month
type: Concept
broader: managed care

managed care plans
type: Concept
broader: managed care

health care economics and management
type: Concept
narrower: managed care

prospective payment system
type: Concept
broader: managed care

health (social problems)
type: Concept
narrower: managed care

ambulatory care
type: Concept
broader: managed care

medical care
type: Concept
broader: managed care

health care management
type: Concept
narrower: managed care

mandated coverage
type: Concept
broader: managed care

enrollee
type: Concept
broader: managed care

patterns of care
type: Concept
broader: managed care

private medicine
type: Concept
narrower: managed care

society and health
type: Concept
narrower: managed care

enrollment
type: Concept
broader: managed care

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: managed care