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MeSH Heading: Patient Freedom of Choice Laws
Tree Number(s): N03.219.521.576.343.800.700; N03.706.615.805; N04.590.374.410.700
Unique ID: D020403
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020403
Scope Note: 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 Term(s): AWS-FOC Laws; Any Willing Provider Laws; Any-Willing-Provider-Laws; Choice of Health Care Provider Laws; Choice of Healthcare Provider Laws; Point of Service Regulations; Selective Provider Restrictions
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

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Concept UI: M0030053
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Patient Freedom of Choice Laws Preferred Term
Term UI T060283
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Choice of Healthcare Provider Laws
Term UI T060284
Date05/18/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Selective Provider Restrictions
Term UI T060285
Date03/10/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); AWS-FOC Laws
Term UI T060281
Date03/10/1998
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Choice of Health Care Provider Laws
Term UI T060282
Date05/18/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999)

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