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  2. Informal coercion - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 19 Conditional access to housing is the most common form of inducement in informal coercion, being report by 15–40% of service users. [ 1 ] : 26 A study of informal coercion in housing provision found that 60% of noncompliant service users were excluded from the program.

  3. Defensive medicine - Wikipedia

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    Defensive medicine takes two main forms: assurance behavior and avoidance behavior.Assurance behavior involves the charging of additional, unnecessary services to a) reduce adverse outcomes, b) deter patients from filing medical malpractice claims, or c) preempt any future legal action by documenting that the practitioner is practicing according to the standard of care.

  4. Supplier-induced demand - Wikipedia

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    Poor monitoring and control, the fee-for-service payment system, insurance companies' limited role, insufficient monitoring of insurance companies, the educational nature of our health centers, health-care providers' interests, and the information gap that exists between patients and providers were all significant factors in the induced demand ...

  5. Direct primary care - Wikipedia

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    Affordable Health Care for America (H.R. 3962) America's Affordable Health Choices (H.R. 3200) Baucus Health Bill (S. 1796) Proposed. American Health Care Act (2017) Medicare for All Act (2021, H.R. 1976) Healthy Americans Act (2007, 2009) Health Security Act (H.R. 3600) Latest enacted. Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) Health Care and Education ...

  6. Ambulatory care - Wikipedia

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    A nurse operating medical equipment in an ambulatory care setting. Ambulatory care services typically consist of a multidisciplinary team of health professionals that may include (but is not limited to) physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, and other allied health professionals.

  7. Integrated care - Wikipedia

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    Integrated care may be seen as a response to the fragmented delivery of health and social services being an acknowledged problem in many health systems. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This model of care is working towards moving away from a siloed and referral -based format of care to a team-based model.

  8. Integrated delivery system - Wikipedia

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    An integrated delivery system (IDS), also known as integrated delivery network (IDN), is a health system with a goal of logical integration of the delivery (provision) of health care as opposed to a fragmented system or a disorganized lack of system.

  9. Labor induction - Wikipedia

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    Labor induction is the procedure where a medical professional starts the process of labor (giving birth) instead of letting it start on its own.Labor may be induced (started) if the health of the mother or the baby is at risk.