Document completed for reinstatement of an insurance policy 30 to 90 days after the end of a grace period. To safeguard against reinsuring someone whose conditions may have changed, the insured must answer some questions.
Tag: MEDICAL
Short-stay hospital
Medical facility with patients who have an average length of stay less than 30 days.
Short-stay patient
Hospital inpatient admitted for 48 hours or less, or hospital outpatient who stays 24 hours or less.
Short-term assisted living care
See: respite care .
Short-term disability
In disability income insurance (nonoccupational accident or illness), an employee cannot perform the duties of his or her occupation for a short period of time.
Short-term disability income insurance
Insurance provision to pay benefits to a covered disabled person as long as he or she remains disabled, up to a specified period not exceeding 2 years.
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US: The provision to pay benefits to a covered disabled person as long as he/she remains disabled up to a specified period not exceeding two years.
Shortfall
Difference between the billed charge for a hospital service and the actual payment the hospital receives from a third-party payer.
Sick baby
Infant who has medical complications that are not the result of a premature birth.
Sick leave plan
See: salary continuation plan .
Side effect
Problem caused by treatment (e.g., medicine the patient takes for high blood pressure that makes the patient feel sleepy). Most treatments have side effects.