Patient Freedom of Choice Laws
"Patient Freedom of Choice Laws" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D020403
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.576.343.800.700 N03.706.615.805 N04.590.374.410.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Freedom of Choice Laws- Patient Freedom of Choice Laws
- Selective Provider Restrictions
- Provider Restriction, Selective
- Provider Restrictions, Selective
- Restriction, Selective Provider
- Restrictions, Selective Provider
- Selective Provider Restriction
- Choice of Health Care Provider Laws
- Choice of Healthcare Provider Laws
- AWS-FOC Laws
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Freedom of Choice Laws" by people in Profiles.
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Factors affecting patients' self-referral to specialists. JAMA. 2001 Aug 08; 286(6):672-3.