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Flat fees or payments (often $5-10) that a patient pays for each doctor visit or prescription.
Industry:Health care
The method of preventing healthcare costs from increasing beyond a set level by controlling or reducing inefficiency and waste in the healthcare system.
Industry:Health care
An insurance policy requires the insured person to pay a portion of the costs of covered services. Deductibles, co-insurance and co-payments are cost sharing.
Industry:Health care
When one group of patients does not pay for services, such as uninsured or Medicare patients, healthcare providers pass on the costs for these health services to other groups of patients.
Industry:Health care
A person's healthcare costs are paid by their insurance or by the government..
Industry:Health care
Treatments or other services for which a health plan pays at least part of the charge.
Industry:Health care
The amount of money, or value of certain services (such as one physician visit), a patient or family must pay before costs (or percentages of costs) are covered by the health plan or insurance company, usually per year.
Industry:Health care
A system for classifying hospital stays according to the diagnosis of the medical problem being treated, for the purposes of payment.
Industry:Health care
The ability to see a doctor or receive a medical service without a referral from your primary care physician.
Industry:Health care
Programmes for people who have chronic illnesses, such as asthma or diabetes, that try to encourage them to have a healthy lifestyle, to take medications as prescribed, and that coordinate care.
Industry:Health care
