title: Glossary of managed care terms.
abstract: The terminology of managed care and healthspeak are confusing and foreign-sounding to many physicians. The acronyms have been described as "thick alphabet soup." A glossary of these terms and acronyms is presented to aid the reader in understanding the articles in this issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Frakes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled