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(also: radical treatment) Complete elimination of malaria parasites from the body; the term applies specifically to elimination of dormant liver stage parasites (hypnozoites) found in Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale.
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- See radical cure.
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Review by insurance regulators of proposed premiums and premium increases. During the rate review process, regulators examine proposed premiums to ensure that they are sufficient to pay all claims, that they are not unreasonably high in relation to the benefits being provided, and that they are not unfairly discriminatory to any individual or group of individuals. Minnesota's health insurance rate review requirement is outlined in Minn. Stat. 62A.02 and 62A021.
A process that allows state insurance departments to review rate increases before insurance companies can apply them to you.
- Browse Related Terms: Actuarial justification, Adjusted community rating, Age Rating, Annual Limit, Community rating, Guaranteed Issue, Guaranteed renewability, Guaranteed Renewal, Health Status Rating, Interstate compact, Lifetime limit, Medical Loss Ratio (MLR), Multi-state plan, Qualified health plan, Rate Review, Rating Factors, Rescission, Risk Adjustment, Small group market
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Health insurance premiums are calculated using many rating factors. Rating factors have much more influence on individual policy premiums than on group polices. Rating factors can include:
- Age: the older you are, the more you might pay.
- Health: the poorer your health, the more you might pay.
- Chronic conditions: having one or more chronic or existing conditions can increase your premium.
- Smoking/alcohol use: some companies charge more if you use tobacco or alcohol.
- Gender: some insurance plans charge more depending upon your gender.
- Geographic region: companies break-down coverage areas into 6-8 regions. Which region you live in can affect your premium.
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Being admitted to a hospital or health care facility after being treated and discharged for the same condition or as a result of a complication.
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Legislation (Public Law 111-152) signed by President Obama on March 30, 2010. One of two laws collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
- Browse Related Terms: Affordable Care Act, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Grandfathered, Grandfathered Health Plan, Grandfathered plan, New Plan, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Reconciliation Act
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Surgery and follow-up treatment needed to correct or improve a part of the body because of birth defects, accidents, injuries or medical conditions.
Surgery and follow-up treatment needed to correct or improve a part of the body because of birth defects, accidents, injuries or medical conditions.
Surgery and follow-up treatment needed to correct or improve a part of the body because of birth defects, accidents, injuries or medical conditions.
- Browse Related Terms: Chronic Condition, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Emergency Medical Condition, Hospice Services, Major Medical Plan, Public Health, Reconstructive Surgery, Special Health Care Need, Urgent Care
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Restoration or return to health from sickness.
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A repeated attack of malaria due to the survival of malaria parasites in red blood cells.
- Browse Related Terms: Anemia, Cerebral malaria, Defervescence, Erythrocyte, G6PD deficiency, Hematocrit, Hematologic, Hemoglobin, Hemolysis, Induced malaria, Jaundice, Parasitemia, Recrudescence
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The last 8 to 10 inches of the large intestine. The rectum stores solid waste until it leaves the body through the anus.
- Browse Related Terms: colon, Fecal occult blood test (FOBT), Gastroenterologist, gastrointestinal tract, intestine, Rectum, Screening test, Stool, stool test
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A Reference Listed Drug (RLD) is an approved drug product to which new generic versions are compared to show that they are bioequivalent. A drug company seeking approval to market a generic equivalent must refer to the Reference Listed Drug in its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA). By designating a single reference listed drug as the standard to which all generic versions must be shown to be bioequivalent, FDA hopes to avoid possible significant variations among generic drugs and their brand name counterpart.
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A written order from your primary care doctor for you to see a specialist or get certain medical services. In many Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), you need to get a referral before you can get medical care from anyone except your primary care doctor. If you don’t get a referral first, the plan may not pay for the services.
- Browse Related Terms: Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) Plan, Health Maintenance Organization, Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), In-Network provider, Managed Care, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C), Medicare Cost Plans, Medicare Select Plans, Out-of-network provider, Point of Service (POS) Plans, Point-of-Service Plan (POS), Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), Primary Care Physician (PCP), Referral, Third-Party Payer
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The extent to which the demographics of the planning body's membership look like the demographics of the epidemic in the service area.
- Browse Related Terms: Administrative or Fiscal Agent, Consortium/HIV Care Consortium, continuum of care, Part A, Planning Council, Planning Process, Priority Setting, Quality, Reflectiveness, Resource Allocation, Technical Assistance (TA)
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Health care services that help a person keep, get back or improve skills and functioning for daily living that have been lost or impaired because a person was sick, hurt or disabled. These services may include physical and occupational therapy, speech-language pathology and psychiatric rehabilitation services in a variety of inpatient and/or outpatient settings.
Health care services that help a person keep, get back or improve skills and functioning for daily living that have been lost or impaired because a person was sick, hurt or disabled. These services may include physical and occupational therapy, speech-language pathology and psychiatric rehabilitation services in a variety of inpatient and/or outpatient settings.
- Browse Related Terms: Court Awards, Habilitation Services, Habilitative Services, Habilitative/Habilitation Services, Health Status, Hospitalization, Rehabilitation Services, Rehabilitative/Rehabilitation Services
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Health care services that help you keep, get back, or improve skills and functioning for daily living that have been lost or impaired because you were sick, hurt, or disabled. These services may include physical and occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and psychiatric rehabilitation services in a variety of inpatient and/or outpatient settings.
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A reimbursement system that protects insurers from very high claims. It usually involves a third party paying part of an insurance company’s claims once they pass a certain amount. Reinsurance is a way to stabilize an insurance market and make coverage more available and affordable.
Insurance purchased by insurers from other insurers to limit the total loss an insurer would experience in case of a disaster or unexpectedly high claims.
- Browse Related Terms: Appeal, Attest/Attestation, Carriers, Certificate of Coverage, Certificate of Creditable Coverage, Exclusions and/or Limitations, Independent Medical Review (IMR), Insurance Company, Medical Underwriting, policy, Reinsurance, Solvency, Summary of Benefits and Coverage, Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)
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Recurrence of disease after it has been apparently cured. In malaria, true relapses are caused by reactivation of dormant liver stage parasites (hypnozoites) found in Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale.
- Browse Related Terms: Clinical cure, Falciparum, Knowlesi, Malariae, Ovale, Plasmodium, Radical cure, Radical treatment, Relapse, Vivax
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A specific measurement of survival where the rate is calculated by adjusting the rate to remove all causes of death except cancer. It is the ratio of a cancer patient's chance of surviving a given time interval to that of an average person of the same age and sex.
- Browse Related Terms: Age-Adjusted Rate, Age-Specific Rate, Crude Probability of Death, Crude Rate, Death Rate, Fast Stats, Life Tables, mortality, relative survival rate, standard error, Standard Million Population, Standard Population, Surveillance Data (Cancer), Survival, Cause-specific, Survival, Net, Survival, Observed, Survival, Period, Survival, Relative
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The consistency of a measure or question in obtaining very similar or identical results when used repeatedly; for example, if you repeated a blood test three times on the same blood sample, it would be reliable if it generated the same results each time.
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The amount someone pays you to use your property, after you subtract the expenses you have for the property. Royalty income includes any payments you get from a patent, a copyright, or some natural resource that you own.
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