Glossary
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- Gain sharing arrangement
- Used by insurers in pay for performance programs; shares a portion of cost savings with providers in order to incentivize providers to reduce utilization and improve quality.
- Gaming
- The unethical or illegal manipulation of a process or system for unwarranted gain or advantage.
- General practitioner, generalist
- A general physician or family physician; a physician trained to take care of the majority of nonsurgical diseases, sometimes including obstetrics.
- Generalizability
- In a broader context, the extent to which information about a program, project, or instructional material collected in one health care setting can be used to reach a valid judgment about how it will perform in other settings. In the research context, the degree to which results in a limited analysis can be used to make inferences about a broader population or set of situations.
- Genetics-based care
- Also called personalized medicine, a potential key innovation in care that differentiates interventions according to the genetic basis of disease and the genetic makeup of the individual.
- Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing Project
- A proposal to phase in an expansion of Medicare to include a new long-term care component (Part E). The benefit would cover nursing home and home health care.
- Government Accountability Office
- Known as the investigative arm of Congress, its work includes oversight of federal programs (including health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the FEHBP); providing insight into ways to make government more efficient, effective, ethical, and equitable; and projecting long-term trends and challenges.
- Graduate Medical Education
- The internship, residency, and fellowship component of a physician's educational training.
- Group insurance
- Any insurance plan, such as health insurance, that covers individuals by means of a single-group agreement, contract, or policy issued to an employer or association with which the insured individuals are affiliated.
- Guideline/Clinical Practice Guideline
- A systematically developed statement to assist practitioners and patients in choosing appropriate health care for a specific clinical condition. It reflects current scientific knowledge of practices and expert clinical judgment on the best ways to prevent, diagnose, treat, or mange diseases and disorders.