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Managed Competition MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Managed Competition
Tree Number(s)
N03.219.521.576.343.820
Unique ID
D018854
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018854
Annotation
restrict to health insurance; do not confuse with MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS
Scope Note
A strategy for purchasing health care in a manner which will obtain maximum value for the price for the purchasers of the health care and the recipients. The concept was developed primarily by Alain Enthoven of Stanford University and promulgated by the Jackson Hole Group. The strategy depends on sponsors for groups of the population to be insured. The sponsor, in some cases a health alliance, acts as an intermediary between the group and competing provider groups (accountable health plans). The competition is price-based among annual premiums for a defined, standardized benefit package. (From Slee and Slee, Health Care Reform Terms, 1993)
Entry Term(s)
Accountable Health Plans
Competition, Managed
Health Plans, Accountable
Previous Indexing
Economic Competition (1992-1995)
Insurance, Health (1992-1995)
Managed Care Programs (1992-1995)
Public MeSH Note
96
History Note
96
Date Established
1996/01/01
Date of Entry
1995/06/05
Revision Date
1999/01/01
Managed Competition Preferred
Health Plans, Accountable Related
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