Length of time an employee has to work for an employer before becoming eligible to join the employer’s pension scheme. Also refers to the service to be taken into account to entitle a member to a ‘short service benefit.
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Qualifying terminal interest property (Estate)
A trust, the income of which is paid out to the spouse who survives.
Qualifying year
A year when somebody has paid national insurance every week. If necessary an individual can clear any arrears by a single payment. No payment is required in respect of weeks credited to persons in receipt of social security benefits.
Qualitative
Measuring the presence or absence of.
Qualitative analysis
Referring to a test that determines the presence of an agent within the body.
Quality
1. For health plans, the general standard or grade of how well a plan keeps its members healthy or treats them when they are sick. Good-quality health care means doing the right thing at the right time, in the right way, for the right person, and getting the best possible results. 2. As defined by the Institute of Medicine, the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge. 3. Highest degree to which a product or service meets needs and expectations.
Quality assurance (Health Insurance)
The process of reviewing the quality of a product or service and taking measures to improve the quality.
quality assurance (QA)
1. Process or activity of evaluating how well a medical service is provided. Now called quality improvement (QI) . This process may include formally reviewing health care given to a person or a group of persons, locating the problem, correcting the problem, and checking to see if the action taken worked or not. 2. Formal set of quality improvement organization (QIO) activities (formerly peer review organization [PRO]) designed to ensure the quality of medical services provided. See quality improvement (QI) .
Quality assurance program
Plan that continually assesses the effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient health care in managed care plans and federal programs such as TRICARE and CHAMPVA. Also see quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI) .
Quality Assurance Reform Initiative (QARI)
Created in 1993 by the Health Care Financing Administration to assist states in promoting a health care quality improvement system for Medicaid managed care plans.