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Descriptor English: Deductibles and Coinsurance
Descriptor Spanish: Deducibles y Coseguros
Descriptor seguros deducibles y coseguros
Entry term(s) coseguro
Scope note: Mecanismos de costes de aseguramiento compartidos que implican el pago por el asegurado de alguna partes de las coberturas. Los deducibles son los pagos hechos por el asegurado en un contrato de seguro sanitario antes de que se haya pagado el beneficio; el coaseguramiento es la cláusula bajo la cual el asegurado paga parte de su factura médica, generalmente según un porcentaje fijo, cuando se pagan los beneficios.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dedutíveis e Cosseguros
Descriptor French: Franchises et coassurance
Entry term(s): Coinsurance
Coinsurance and Deductibles
Deductibles
Tree number(s): N03.219.151.170.300
N03.219.521.576.090.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003669
Scope note: Cost-sharing mechanisms that provide for payment by the insured of some portion of covered expenses. Deductibles are the amounts paid by the insured under a health insurance contract before benefits become payable; coinsurance is the provision under which the insured pays part of the medical bill, usually according to a fixed percentage, when benefits become payable.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Insurance, Health (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Entry Version: DEDUCTIBLES COINSURANCE
DeCS ID: 3682
Unique ID: D003669
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Deductibles and Coinsurance - Preferred
Concept UI M0005742
Scope note Cost-sharing mechanisms that provide for payment by the insured of some portion of covered expenses. Deductibles are the amounts paid by the insured under a health insurance contract before benefits become payable; coinsurance is the provision under which the insured pays part of the medical bill, usually according to a fixed percentage, when benefits become payable.
Preferred term Deductibles and Coinsurance
Entry term(s) Coinsurance and Deductibles
Coinsurance - Narrower
Concept UI M0005740
Preferred term Coinsurance
Deductibles - Narrower
Concept UI M0005741
Preferred term Deductibles



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