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  2. Two-tier healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Two-tier healthcare is a situation in which a basic government-provided healthcare system provides basic care, and a secondary tier of care exists for those who can pay for additional, better quality or faster access. Most countries have both publicly and privately funded healthcare, but the degree to which it creates a quality differential ...

  3. Primary and secondary gain - Wikipedia

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    If a patient's disease allows them to miss work, avoid military duty, obtain financial compensation, obtain drugs, avoid a jail sentence, etc., these would be examples of a secondary gain. For instance, an individual having household chores completed by someone else because they have stomach cramps would be a secondary gain. In the context of a ...

  4. Health data - Wikipedia

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    Primary use is when health data is used to deliver health care to the individual from whom it was collected. [15] Secondary use is when health data is used outside of health care delivery for that individual. [15] Digitization and health information technology have expanded the primary and secondary uses of health data.

  5. Capitation (healthcare) - Wikipedia

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    Primary capitation is a relationship between a managed care organization and primary care physician, in which the physician is paid directly by the organization for those who have selected the physician as their provider. [1] Secondary capitation is a relationship arranged by a managed care organization between a physician and a secondary or ...

  6. Healthcare industry - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 December 2024. Economic sector focused on health An insurance form with pills The healthcare industry (also called the medical industry or health economy) is an aggregation and integration of sectors within the economic system that provides goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive ...

  7. Direct primary care - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, direct primary care (DPC) is a type of primary care billing and payment arrangement made between patients and medical providers, without sending claims to insurance providers. It is an umbrella term , incorporating various health care delivery systems that involve direct financial relationships between patients and health ...

  8. Three-sector model - Wikipedia

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    Three sectors according to Fourastié Clark's sector model This figure illustrates the percentages of a country's economy made up by different sector. The figure illustrates that countries with higher levels of socio-economic development tend to have less of their economy made up of primary and secondary sectors and more emphasis in tertiary sectors.

  9. Dual labour market - Wikipedia

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    The dual labour market (also referred to as the segmented labour market) theory aims at introducing a broader range of factors into economic research, such as institutional aspects, race and gender. [1] [citation needed] It divides the economy into two parts, called the "primary" and "secondary" sectors. The distinction may also be drawn ...