"Single-Payer System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An approach to health care financing with only one source of money for paying health care providers. The scope may be national (the Canadian System), state-wide, or community-based. The payer may be a governmental unit or other entity such as an insurance company. The proposed advantages include administrative simplicity for patients and providers, and resulting significant savings in overhead costs. (From Slee and Slee, Health Care Reform Terms, 1993, p106)
| Descriptor ID |
D018855
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.576.343.962 N03.219.521.855 N03.349.550.805
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| Concept/Terms |
Single-Payer System- Single-Payer System
- Single Payer System
- Single-Payer Systems
- System, Single-Payer
- Systems, Single-Payer
Single-Payer Plan- Single-Payer Plan
- Plan, Single-Payer
- Plans, Single-Payer
- Single Payer Plan
- Single-Payer Plans
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Single-Payer System" by people in Profiles.
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Proposals for US National Health Insurance. JAMA. 2003 Dec 03; 290(21):2799; author reply 2799-800.