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Preferred term

Patient Freedom of Choice Laws  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Laws requiring patients under managed care programs to receive services from the physician or other provider of their choice. Any willing provider laws take many different forms, but they typically prohibit managed-care organizations from having a closed panel of physicians, hospitals, or other providers.

Entry terms

  • AWS-FOC Laws
  • Choice of Health Care Provider Laws
  • Choice of Healthcare Provider Laws
  • Selective Provider Restrictions

In other languages

  • French

  • Lois américaines sur la liberté du patient à choisir son médecin
  • Lois sur la liberté de choix du patient
  • Lois sur la liberté du patient à choisir son médecin aux États-Unis
  • Lois sur la liberté du patient à choisir son médecin aux États-Unis d'Amérique
  • Lois sur la liberté du patient à choisir son médecin aux USA

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z7034QC6-2

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