Preferred Label : single-payer system;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH synonym : systems, single-payer; system, single-payer; single-payer systems; single payer system;
MeSH hyponym : Single-Payer plan; Plan, Single-Payer; Plans, Single-Payer; Single Payer Plan; Single-Payer Plans;
MeSH annotation : a type of organized health-care financing;
Origin ID : D018855;
UMLS CUI : C0282487;
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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)
