Health Care

Prepaid Health Plans

Contracts between an insurer and a subscriber or a group of subscribers whereby a specified set of health benefits is provided in return for a periodic premium.

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Abstract

Contracts between an insurer and a subscriber or a group of subscribers whereby a specified set of health benefits is provided in return for a periodic premium.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Health Plans, Prepaid
  • Health Plan, Prepaid
  • Plan, Prepaid Health
  • Plans, Prepaid Health
  • Prepaid Health Plan

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Maintenance Organizations (1972-1991)
  • Insurance, Health (1966-1991)

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  1. N03w.219w.521.576w.343w.925

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prepaid Health Plans. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017061. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017061
  2. Prepaid Health Plans. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70436625