Professional Review Organizations
"Professional Review Organizations" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011366
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.673 N05.700.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Professional Review Organizations- Professional Review Organizations
- Review Organizations, Professional
- PRO Professional Review Organizations
- Organizations, Professional Review
- Organization, Professional Review
- Professional Review Organization
Peer Review Organizations- Peer Review Organizations
- Organizations, Peer Review
- Organization, Peer Review
- Peer Review Organization
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Professional Review Organizations" by people in Profiles.
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GMC can continue to strike off doctors who miss hearings, appeal court rules. BMJ. 2016 Mar 22; 352:i1695.
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MMR, climate change, and orthopaedics: a bad month for peer review. J R Soc Med. 2010 Mar; 103(3):77-8.