Health maintenance organization — HMO redirects here. For other uses, see HMO (disambiguation). HealthcareA health maintenance organization (HMO) is a type of managed care organization (MCO) that provides a form of health care coverage in the United States that is fulfilled… … Wikipedia
Health care in the United States — ] Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 15.2% of GDP, second only to the tiny Marshall Islands among all United Nations member nations. The health share of GDP is expected to continue its historical upward trend,… … Wikipedia
Cigna — Corporation Type Public (NYSE: CI) Industry Health Insurance, Mail order pharmacy, Expatriate bene … Wikipedia
RAND Health Insurance Experiment — The RAND Health Insurance Experiment (RAND HIE) was a comprehensive study of health care cost, utilization and outcome in the United States. It is the only randomized study of health insurance, and the only study which can give definitive… … Wikipedia
Health insurance in the United States — The term health insurance is commonly used in the United States to describe any program that helps pay for medical expenses, whether through privately purchased insurance, social insurance or a non insurance social welfare program funded by the… … Wikipedia
Ross-Loos Medical Group — was a comprehensive prepaid health services plan with 29 medical offices throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernadino Counties and a large multi specialty hospital located on Temple Street in Los Angeles, California.Ross Loos was… … Wikipedia
Socialized Medicine's Aches and Pains — ▪ 2001 by Bryan Christie After a detailed examination by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess the standards, responsiveness, and effectiveness of health systems in 191 countries, France was judged to have the best health care… … Universalium
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) Type Private (not for profit) Industry Health care Founded 1893 Headquarters … Wikipedia
Kaiser Permanente — Infobox Company company name = Kaiser Permanente company company type = Nonprofit foundation = 1945 founder = Henry J. Kaiser Sidney R. Garfield location = Oakland, California, USA key people = George C. Halvorson, Health Plan CEO John H. Cochran … Wikipedia
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA — HADASSAH, THE WOMEN S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, largest Zionist, Jewish, and women s organization in the United States, with 300,000 members. Hadassah first sent public health nurses to Palestine in 1912 and in the decades following played … Encyclopedia of Judaism
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee — Founded 1903 Members 80,000[1] … Wikipedia
