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CMA Chapter 1
The Health Care System
Term | Definition |
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ambulatory care | medical care that is provided on an outpatient basis. the patient is able to come to the the facility providing the care and return home at after having received services |
capitation | a set payment provided by managed care insurance per patient per month regardless of the of the amount of service the patients receives. |
curative treatment empirical | treatment that cures diseases / learned from observes or experiment |
formulary | a list of prescription drugs coveredor preferred by a managed care insurance company |
health insurance holistic | purchase of protection for covered services related to health care |
managed care | a |
palliative treatment | |
patient centered medical home | |
residency | |
symptomatic treatment | |
utilization review | |
fee for |