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Descriptor English: Insurance
Descriptor Spanish: Seguro
Descriptor seguro
Scope note: Contrato en el que una parte indemniza o garantiza a la otra contra pérdidas y contingencias específicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Seguro
Descriptor French: Assurance
Entry term(s): Indemnity
Insurance Premium
Insurance Premiums
Premium, Insurance
Premiums, Insurance
Tree number(s): N03.219.521.576
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007341
Scope note: Coverage by contract whereby one part indemnifies or guarantees another against loss by a specified contingency.
Annotation: coordinate with geographic term if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
DeCS ID: 7511
Unique ID: D007341
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/16
Insurance - Preferred
Concept UI M0011445
Scope note Coverage by contract whereby one part indemnifies or guarantees another against loss by a specified contingency.
Preferred term Insurance
Indemnity - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0589250
Scope note Compensation for damages or loss caused by the insured.
Preferred term Indemnity
Insurance Premiums - Narrower
Concept UI M0589251
Scope note Payments made by individuals to obtain and maintain insurance coverage.
Preferred term Insurance Premiums
Entry term(s) Insurance Premium
Premium, Insurance
Premiums, Insurance



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