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)

Annotation

restrict to insurance: sharing of costs by both insured & insurer

DUI

D017047 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0025903

Previous indexing

Deductibles and Coinsurance (1968-1991)

History note

92; COST SHARING INSURANCE was see DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE 1978-91

Online note

use DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE to search COST SHARING INSURANCE 1978-91

Public note

92; COST SHARING INSURANCE was see DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE 1978-91