Category: M

A drug that is available from more than one manufacturer or distributor, often under different brand names. Limits on reimbursement are more likely to be feasible for multisource drugs than drugs available from only a single source. A drug may not be available from more than one source because it is protected by a patent;…

Used to describe the relation of deaths to the population in which they occur. The mortality rate (death rate) expresses the number of deaths in a unit of population within a prescribed time and may be expressed as crude death rates (e.g., total deaths in relation to total population during a year) or as rates…

Remodeling, renovation or, sometimes, replacement of health facilities and equipment to bring them up to current construction standards, into compliance with fire and safety codes, or to meet contemporary health delivery needs and capabilities. Usually implies no increase in facility capacity, e.g., in the case of a hospital the total available number of beds would…

In connection with hospital insurance, hospital charges other than for room and board, such as X-ray, drug, laboratory, or whatever ancillary charges are not separately itemized.  

A drug that is identical, similar, or closely related to a drug product for which a new drug application has been approved, Many ‘me too’ drugs on the market are essentially copies of approved new drug but were introduced by the manufacturers without Food and Drug Administration approval on the theory that the NDA holder,…

A person who is eligible to receive, or is receiving, benefits from a health maintenance organization usually or insurance policy (occasionally), usually includes both people who have themselves enrolled or subscribed for benefits and their eligible dependents. An organ or part of the body, especially a limb.  

A supplemental health insurance policy designed to supplement Medicare.  

One of several proposed national health insurance plans which are designed to encourage the voluntary purchase of qualified private health insurance policies by granting tax credits against personal income taxes to finance, in part or in whole, the premium cost of such plans. In addition, the proposal would provide for the Federal payment of premiums…