Category: E

Pre-eclampsia which appears earlier than the 37th week of the pregnancy.  

Happening at the beginning of a period of time. (Of a condition or illness) in its first stage.  

The membrane at the end of the external auditory meatus leading from the outer ear, which vibrates with sound and passes the vibrations on to the ossicles in the middle ear. The membrane at the junction of the external auditory canal and the middle ear cavity. A membrane that transmits sound waves from the outer…

An insurance policy which pays cash benefits to hospitalized individuals in fixed amounts unrelated to the individual’s medical expenses or income. Such policies are usually sold to individuals separately from whatever other health insurance they have, and typically have high loadings.  

As used in Medicare, services in a skilled nursing facility provided for a limited duration (up to 100 days during a spell of illness) after a hospital stay, and for the same condition as the hospital stay was for. As defined under Medicare, the following items and services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled…

An organization assisted by a program initiated in 1970 by the National Center for Health Services Research and Development (now the NCHSR). The program, a forerunner of the PSRO program, was set up to help medical societies in creating formal organizations and procedures for reviewing the quality and use of medical care in hospitals, nursing…

A system developed under a program supported by the Health Services and Mental Health Administration under general health services research authorities to develop, test and evaluate the organization and operation of coordinated, community-wide health service management systems (EHSDS) in various kinds and sizes of communities. EHSDS sought to improve access to services, moderate their costs…

In insurance, the cost to the insurer of conducting its business other than paying losses, including acquisition and administrative costs. Expenses are included in the loading. The using up of an asset (as in depreciation), or the cost of providing services or making a product, during an accounting period. The subtraction of expenses from revenue…

A single-stage commodity tax (i.e. a tax levied on a commodity only once as it passes through the production process to the final consumer). An excise tax is narrowly based; enabling legislation specifies precisely which products are taxed, as well as the tax rate. Sales taxes are more broadly based; their tax base comprises many…

Any statement or proof of a person’s physical condition or occupation affecting his acceptability for insurance.