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CMA Chapter 1
The Health Care System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |