| Descriptor English: | Insurance, Medigap | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Seguro Adicional
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Seguro de Saúde (Situações Limítrofes) | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Assurance complémentaire Medigap (USA) | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Medicare Supplement Insurance Medicare Supplemental Insurance Medigap Insurance Medigap Policies Medigap Policy Policies, Medigap Policy, Medigap Supplemental Insurance, Medicare |
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| Tree number(s): |
N03.219.521.576.343.539 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017054 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A supplemental health insurance policy sold by private insurance companies and designed to pay for health care costs and services that are not paid for either by Medicare alone or by a combination of Medicare and existing private health insurance benefits. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988) |
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| Annotation: | insures the gap between payments by private insurers & Medicare; specify geog |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Insurance, Health (1977-1991) Medicare (1977-1991) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 92 |
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| History Note: | 92 |
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| DeCS ID: | 30036 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D017054 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WT 31 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1992/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1991/06/20 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2019/05/30 |
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Insurance, Medigap
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| Concept UI |
M0025914 |
| Scope note | A supplemental health insurance policy sold by private insurance companies and designed to pay for health care costs and services that are not paid for either by Medicare alone or by a combination of Medicare and existing private health insurance benefits. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988) |
| Preferred term | Insurance, Medigap |
| Entry term(s) |
Medicare Supplement Insurance Medicare Supplemental Insurance Medigap Insurance Medigap Policies Medigap Policy Policies, Medigap Policy, Medigap Supplemental Insurance, Medicare |
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