professional review organizations

Preferred Label : professional review organizations;

MeSH definition : Organizations representing designated geographic areas which have contracts under the PRO program to review the medical necessity, appropriateness, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care received by Medicare beneficiaries. Peer Review Improvement Act, PL 97-248, 1982.;

MeSH synonym : review organizations, professional; organizations, professional review; professional review organization; pro professional review organizations; organization, professional review;

CISMeF acronym : PSRO;

DeCS synonym : PSRO;

MeSH hyponym : professional standards review organizations; peer review organizations; utilization and quality control peer review organizations; PSRO; Organizations, Peer Review; Organization, Peer Review; Peer Review Organization;

MeSH annotation : DF: note short X ref;

Details

Origin ID

D011366;

UMLS CUI

C0033286;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- peer review organizations [MeSH concept]
- professional review organizations [MeSH concept]
- professional standards review organizations [MeSH concept]
- utilization and quality control peer review organizations [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Related Organization [UMLS semantic type]

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