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Descriptor English:   Cost Sharing 
Descriptor Spanish:   Seguro de Costos Compartidos 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Custo Compartilhado de Seguro 
Synonyms English:   Cost-Sharing Insurance
Cost Sharing Insurance
Insurance, Cost-Sharing
Sharing, Cost  
Tree Number:   N03.219.151.170
N03.219.521.576.090
Definition English:   Provisions of an insurance policy that require the insured to pay some portion of covered expenses. Several forms of sharing are in use, e.g., deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Cost sharing does not refer to or include amounts paid in premiums for the coverage. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   restrict to insurance: sharing of costs by both insured & insurer
See Related English:   Health Benefit Plans, Employee
Managed Care Programs
 
History Note English:   92; COST SHARING INSURANCE was see DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE 1978-91 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
CL classification EC economics
ES ethics HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends UT utilization
Record Number:   30175 
Unique Identifier:   D017047 

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