The loss of particular parts of the body, or the use of them, due to accidental injury.
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Dismemberment Benefit
The benefits payable for various types of dismemberment.
Dismemberment benefit (Health Insurance)
Benefits paid out upon dismemberment of the insured.
Dispensing fee
Cost for filling a prescription for a drug, eyeglasses, or hearing aids.
Displacement Light
The weight of a ship without stores, bunker fuel or cargo.
Disposal of abandoned vehicles policy
An insurance available to local authorities to protect them in respect of their legal liability to vehicle owners whose vehicles they have removed as abandoned.
Disposition
Physician’s description of the patient’s status and destination at discharge (e.g., discharged to home or self-care [routine discharge], left against medical advice, discharged to another short-term or long-term hospital, expired). These data may be used for quality assurance purposes. Also known as disposition of patient .
Disposition of patient
See: disposition .
DISPRO share
See: disproportionate (DISPRO) share or disproportionate share hospital (DSH) .
disproportionate (DISPRO) share
Program that gives added payment to hospital facilities that serve an unequally large share of low-income patients. This assists in compensating for lost revenues in serving needy populations. Such facilities receive Medicaid funds if they provide care for a high volume of low-income patients.