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Insurance Benefits
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Definition of 'Insurance Benefits'Payments or services provided under stated circumstances under the terms of an insurance policy. In prepayment programs, benefits are the services the programs will provide at defined locations and to the extent needed. Common names: Insurance Benefits; Benefit, Insurance; Benefits, Insurance; Insurance Benefit; Health Benefits; Benefit, Health; Benefits, Health; Health Benefit |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Survey of long-term follow-up programs in the United States for survivors of childhood brain tumors.
13 Dec 2009 
INTRODUCTION: Despite recognition that childhood brain tumor survivors often suffer multiple late effects following therapy, little is known regarding the long-term follow-up (LTFU) programs for these patients. METHODS: A 16-question survey was ... Read more...
Dentists' experience with low-income patients benefiting from a public insurance program.
30 Jul 2009 France has a system of public coverage that guarantees low-income earners full payment of basic dental health costs. In spite of this coverage and major needs for care, deprived populations have lower access to dental care. The aim of this ... Read more...
An employer perspective on annual employee and dependent costs for pediatric asthma.
30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The burden of pediatric asthma on parents' health care costs is not well described. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate direct and indirect health care costs of employees with children with asthma (asthma cohort) compared with employees with children ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Insurance Benefits'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Survey of long-term follow-up programs in the United States for survivors of childhood brain tumors. 13 Dec 2009
- The 300-year-old health care solution.
24 Oct 2009 - When history really is not applicable or relevant. 24 Oct 2009
- Building nonhospital-based platforms for ambulatory orthognathic surgery: facility, anesthesia, and price considerations. 29 Sep 2009
- Psychiatric illness and income support. 30 Aug 2009
- [Use of the ICF in shaping benefits for participation in working life (vocational rehabilitation) - recommendations of the German Society for Rehabilitation, DVfR as of March 31, 2009] 15 Aug 2009
- Dentists' experience with low-income patients benefiting from a public insurance program. 30 Jul 2009
- An employer perspective on annual employee and dependent costs for pediatric asthma. 30 Jul 2009
- Medicare Part D update--lessons learned and unfinished business. 21 Jul 2009
- TRICARE: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) changes included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2007; authorization of forensic examinations. Final rule. 15 Jul 2009
- Dental benefits improve access to oral care. 29 Jun 2009
- Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA): preauthorization of durable medical equipment. Final rule. 29 Jun 2009
- A new era of for-profit hospice care--the Medicare benefit. 23 Jun 2009
- A health insurance exchange: prototypes and design issues. 3 Jun 2009
- Every CDT code is not a 'benefit'. 30 May 2009
- A rural-urban comparison of a building blocks approach to covering the uninsured. 30 May 2009
- Value based insurance design: maintaining a focus on health in an era of cost containment.
30 May 2009 - Cost, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of a collaborative mental health care program for people receiving short-term disability benefits for psychiatric disorders. 30 May 2009
- Setting a national minimum standard for health benefits: how do state benefit mandates compare with benefits in large-group plans? 30 May 2009
- Inappropriate prescribing for osteoporosis. 2 May 2009
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Technical information about 'Insurance Benefits'
Definition: Payments or services provided under stated circumstances under the terms of an insurance policy. In prepayment programs, benefits are the services the programs will provide at defined locations and to the extent needed.
Descriptor UI: D007342
Alternative terms: Insurance Benefits; Benefit, Insurance; Benefits, Insurance; Insurance Benefit; Health Benefits; Benefit, Health; Benefits, Health; Health Benefit;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; methods;
Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.130;
History Note: 78
Technical Notes: coord IM with specific type of insurance (IM) + geog if pertinent