A health care delivery system that seeks to control access to and utilization of health care services both to limit health care costs and to improve the quality of the care provided. Managed care arrangements typically rely on primary care physicians to manage the...
Used in two senses in health policy discussions. (1) Employer or individual mandate, in which a government body imposes a requirement on some employers to help pay for insurance coverage for their workers (and perhaps their families), and/or on certain individuals to...
An index of the annual change in the prices of a selection of goods and services providers used to produce health services. Also referred to as an input price index.
Funds that one entity pays in a set proportionate amount to funds available from other sources. For example, the federal government matches state Medicaid funding at varying rates.