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Abstract
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.
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- Organizations, Professional Review
- PRO Professional Review Organizations
- Review Organizations, Professional
- Organization, Professional Review
- Professional Review Organization
- Organizations, Peer Review
- PSRO
- Peer Review Organizations
- Professional Standards Review Organizations
- Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations
- Organization, Peer Review
- Peer Review Organization
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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History Note
86; was PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW ORGANIZATIONS 1974-85, was PSRO 1973 (Prov)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Professional Review Organizations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011366. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011366
- Professional Review Organizations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70449294