insurance, medigap

Preferred Label : insurance, medigap;

MeSH definition : A supplemental health insurance policy sold by private insurance companies and designed to pay for health care costs and services that are not paid for either by Medicare alone or by a combination of Medicare and existing private health insurance benefits. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988);

MeSH synonym : medigap insurance; policy, medigap; policies, medigap; medigap policies; medigap policy; Medicare Supplemental Insurance; Supplemental Insurance, Medicare; Medicare Supplement Insurance;

MeSH annotation : insures the gap between payments by private insurers & Medicare; specify geog;

Details

Origin ID

D017054;

UMLS CUI

C0085558;

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Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Medigap [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- insurance, medigap [MeSH concept]
See also
- medicare [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Medigap [NCIt concept]

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