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Insurance, Major Medical MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Insurance, Major Medical
Tree Number(s)
N03.219.521.576.343.533
Unique ID
D007354
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007354
Annotation
specify geog if possible
Scope Note
Insurance providing a broad range of medical services and supplies, when prescribed by a physician, whether or not the patient is hospitalized. It frequently is an extension of a basic policy and benefits will not begin until the basic policy is exhausted.
Entry Version
INSURANCE MAJOR MED
Entry Term(s)
Catastrophic Health Insurance
Comprehensive Health Insurance
Insurance, Health, Catastrophic
Major Medical Insurance
Medical Insurance, Major
NLM Classification #
W 160
Previous Indexing
Insurance, Health (1966-1967)
See Also
Catastrophic Illness
Public MeSH Note
68
History Note
68
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1999/11/03
Insurance, Major Medical Preferred
Insurance, Health, Catastrophic Narrower
Comprehensive Health Insurance Narrower
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