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Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Delivery of Health Care > Health Care Reform
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Health Care Reform
Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Legislation as Topic > Health Planning > Health Care Reform
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Legislation as Topic > Health Planning > Health Care Reform
... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Social Control Policies > Public Policy > Health Policy > Health Care Reform
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Social Control Policies > Public Policy > Health Policy > Health Care Reform
... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Policy > Social Control Policies > Public Policy > Health Policy > Health Care Reform
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Policy > Social Control Policies > Public Policy > Health Policy > Health Care Reform

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Health Care Reform  

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Definition

  • 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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  • Healthcare Reform

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