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defensive medicine
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the practice of requiring extra diagnostic tests and medical procedures to protect the physician from liability
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Infant mortality rate
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Number of deaths before age 1 per 1000 live births
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Medicare
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government programs that mprovide partial coverage of medical costs primarily for people age 65 and older
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Patient dumping
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practice by physicians and private hospitals of treting only patients who can afford their services
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medlining
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pracitce of managed care organizations of limiting the number of patients with health problems while maximizing the number of healthy patients
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Medicaid
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Government health program for the poor
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single-payer plan
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tax supported health programs in which the government is the sole insurer
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