 Health Care Reform
"Health Care Reform" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
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D018166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.655.500.608.400.285 I01.880.604.825.608.400.285 N03.349.285 N03.623.500.608.428.285 N04.590.374.285 N05.300.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Care Reform- Health Care Reform
- Health Care Reforms
- Reform, Health Care
- Reforms, Health Care
- Healthcare Reform
- Healthcare Reforms
- Reform, Healthcare
- Reforms, Healthcare
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in Profiles.
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Lantos JD, Ward NA. A new pediatrics for a new century. Pediatrics. 2013 Apr; 131 Suppl 2:S121-6.
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Fiscella K, Humiston S, Hendren S, Winters P, Jean-Pierre P, Idris A, Ford P. Eliminating disparities in cancer screening and follow-up of abnormal results: what will it take? J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2011 Feb; 22(1):83-100.
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Lantos JD. Four recent health reform initiatives: implications for pediatric health reform. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Oct; 162(10):912-4.
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Szilagyi PG, Humiston SG, Pollard Shone L, Kolasa MS, Rodewald LE. Decline in physician referrals to health department clinics for immunizations: the role of vaccine financing. Am J Prev Med. 2000 May; 18(4):318-24.
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Taylor RM, Lantos JD. The politics of medical futility. Issues Law Med. 1995; 11(1):3-12.
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Lantos JD. Ethics committees and resource allocation. Bioethics Forum. 1994; 10(4):27-9.
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