United States healthcare system

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The United States healthcare system is a complex mix of public and private providers, insurers, and regulators that delivers medical care through a largely market-based structure with significant variations in access, cost, and quality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf healthcare system ⓘ
comparedWith other OECD healthcare systems ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
facesIssue aging population pressures ⓘ
chronic disease burden ⓘ
mental health access challenges ⓘ
rising healthcare costs ⓘ
rural healthcare access challenges ⓘ
financedBy employers ⓘ
federal government ⓘ
linked to: Federal government

households ⓘ
local governments ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
governedBy Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
state departments of health ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex regulatory environment ⓘ
employer-sponsored insurance dominance for working-age population ⓘ
fee-for-service dominance historically ⓘ
fragmented delivery system ⓘ
fragmented financing ⓘ
growing role of managed care ⓘ
high administrative costs ⓘ
high healthcare expenditure per capita ⓘ
high prices for medical services ⓘ
high prices for prescription drugs ⓘ
high total healthcare expenditure as share of GDP ⓘ
important role of public insurance programs ⓘ
limited price regulation in many sectors ⓘ
limited universal coverage mechanisms ⓘ
market-based structure ⓘ
mixed public and private system ⓘ
network-based access restrictions in many plans ⓘ
ongoing policy debate over cost control ⓘ
ongoing policy debate over role of government ⓘ
ongoing policy debate over universal coverage ⓘ
relatively weak primary care orientation compared to some OECD countries ⓘ
reliance on emergency departments for some uncompensated care ⓘ
reliance on tax subsidies for employer coverage ⓘ
significant geographic variation in outcomes ⓘ
significant geographic variation in spending ⓘ
significant geographic variation in utilization ⓘ
significant health disparities by race and income ⓘ
significant role of malpractice liability system ⓘ
significant uninsured population historically ⓘ
significant variation in access ⓘ
significant variation in cost ⓘ
significant variation in quality ⓘ
specialist-oriented care pattern ⓘ
strong role of for-profit providers ⓘ
strong role of nonprofit providers ⓘ
strong role of private health insurance ⓘ
underinsured population ⓘ
use of cost-sharing such as deductibles and copayments ⓘ
use of employer mandate elements in some reforms ⓘ
use of individual mandate elements in some reforms ⓘ
includesComponent employer-sponsored health insurance ⓘ
hospital care ⓘ
individual health insurance market ⓘ
long-term care services ⓘ
mental health services ⓘ
physician services ⓘ
prescription drug coverage ⓘ
public health services ⓘ
includesProgram Affordable Care Act marketplaces ⓘ
Children's Health Insurance Program ⓘ
Indian Health Service ⓘ
Medicaid ⓘ
Medicare ⓘ
TRICARE ⓘ
Veterans Health Administration ⓘ
includesStakeholder employers ⓘ
federal regulators ⓘ
health insurers ⓘ
hospitals ⓘ
medical device manufacturers ⓘ
nurses ⓘ
patients ⓘ
pharmaceutical companies ⓘ
physicians ⓘ
state regulators ⓘ
influencedBy Affordable Care Act ⓘ
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 ⓘ
Employee Retirement Income Security Act ⓘ
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ
Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 ⓘ
Social Security Amendments of 1965 ⓘ
state-level Medicaid expansion decisions ⓘ
rankedAs one of the highest spenders on health globally per capita ⓘ
regulatedBy federal government of the United States ⓘ
state governments of the United States ⓘ

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AMA Board of Trustees → appliesToJurisdiction → United States healthcare system ⓘ
CPT code set → componentOf → United States healthcare reimbursement system ⓘ
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CPT code set → jurisdiction → United States healthcare system ⓘ
James Wood Johnson → businessRegion → United States healthcare market ⓘ
linked to: United States healthcare system
Franklin Martin → memberOf → American medical community ⓘ
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Betsy McCaughey → hasWrittenOn → United States health care system ⓘ
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Nancy-Ann DeParle → areaOfInfluence → United States health care system ⓘ
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Humana Inc. → businessArea → United States healthcare market ⓘ
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Charles Phelps → areaOfInfluence → United States health policy ⓘ
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athenaCommunicator → usedIn → United States healthcare organizations ⓘ
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Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman → setting → United States healthcare system ⓘ
Healthcare, Guaranteed → hasPerspective → United States health care system ⓘ
linked to: United States healthcare system
Reinventing American Health Care → mainSubject → United States health care system ⓘ
linked to: United States healthcare system
Southwest Philadelphia District Health Center → healthcareSystem → United States healthcare system ⓘ
William Easton → basedIn → United States healthcare system ⓘ
subject linked to: William Easton in Saw VI
HCPCS Level III → usedIn → United States healthcare system ⓘ