"Managed Care Programs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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 costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS and PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.
Descriptor ID |
D008329
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MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.576.343.800 N04.590.374.410
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Concept/Terms |
Managed Care Programs- Managed Care Programs
- Managed Care Program
- Program, Managed Care
- Programs, Managed Care
- Managed Health Care Insurance Plans
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1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Managed Care Programs" by people in Profiles.
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Senior Managed Care System for Hip Fracture in the United States. Clin Orthop Surg. 2016 Mar; 8(1):19-28.
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Changes in serum prostate-specific antigen levels and the identification of prostate cancer in a large managed care population. BJU Int. 2013 Jun; 111(8):1245-52.
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Effect of a nurse-directed diabetes disease management program on urgent care/emergency room visits and hospitalizations in a minority population. Diabetes Care. 2007 Feb; 30(2):224-7.
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Need for eye care among older adults with diabetes mellitus in fee-for-service and managed Medicare. Arch Ophthalmol. 2005 May; 123(5):669-75.
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Prediction by maternal risk factors of neonatal intensive care admissions: evaluation of >59,000 women in national managed care programs. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Oct; 181(4):835-42.
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Application of a diabetes managed care program. The feasibility of using nurses and a computer system to provide effective care. Diabetes Care. 1998 Jul; 21(7):1037-43.