Overseeing a patient’s entire condition or disease state rather than treatment to individual components of a disease in isolation. Achievement of beneficial outcomes and cost effectiveness are emphasized. The patient’s overall condition is treated carefully analyzing side effects and cost of treatment.

1. Process in which a patient ends his or her health care coverage with a health plan. Generally this is now allowed unless a patient has been with a plan for at least 6 to 12 months. 2. In the Medicare program, a beneficiary may disenroll at the beginning of any given month if notice is given by a certain preceding deadline during the previous month.

1. Member’s voluntary cancellation of membership in a managed care plan. 2. Involuntary disenrollment may occur because of a member’s change in employment.

Abnormal color, shape, or structure of a body part that if visible may cause social rejection and/or poor self-image, causing a change in lifestyle and behavior.

Process of removing funds from a financial intermediary so that it will earn a higher yield with another financial intermediary.
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UK: Process of parties dealing direct without involving intermediaries, e.g. insurer sells personal lines over the Internet. Innovatory ART products are often handled directly by the contracting parties.

Excision of the intervertebral disk material.

Cost for filling a prescription for a drug, eyeglasses, or hearing aids.

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 .