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Managed care

A health care practice intended to streamline services and provide high quality, cost-effective care.

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Managed care

confining sickness

Health care; Managed care

An illness that confines the insured to his or her home, a hospital, or a sanitarium.

nonconfining sickness

Health care; Managed care

An illness that prevents the insured from working, but does not confine the insured to his or her home, a hospital, or a sanitarium.

vehicle

Health care; Managed care

An inanimate intermediary in the indirect transmission of an agent that carries the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host.

gainsharing

Health care; Managed care

An incentive health care program focused on improving operating results, typically implemented at a group or organizational level.

quasi-public corporation

Health care; Managed care

An incorporated organization privately operated but in which some general interest of the public is evident. The line of demarcation is not clear when a private company comes into this ...

misquote

Health care; Managed care

An incorrect estimate of an insurance premium.

active error

Health care; Managed care

An incorrect or inappropriate act of commission or omission.

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