Concept information
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health and social care
health care quality, access, and evaluation
health services research
health professionals and healthcare organizations
Preferred term
managed 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]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- ambulatory care
- carve-outs
- compensating differentials
- enrollee
- enrollment
- evidence-based medicine
- fee-for-service
- health care reform
- health maintenance organizations
- length of stay
- managed care plans
- mandated coverage
- medical care
- out-of-network services
- patterns of care
- per diem payments
- per member per month
- prospective payment system
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/managed_care
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