medical necessity

collocation in English

meaningsofmedicalandnecessity

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medical
adjective
uk
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/
related to the treatment of illness ...
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necessity
noun
uk
/nəˈses.ə.ti/us
/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofmedicalandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmedical necessity

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In this second scheme, the key tomedicalnecessityis not the amount of suffering caused by a condition, but rather its medical etiology.
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Inmates are assigned to this special unit by request or because ofmedicalnecessity.
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Opium was not a 'medicalnecessity' for rural people.
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Where there ismedicalnecessity, a right to treatment exists.
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The review process identified several related terms and concepts, such as small-area variation,medicalnecessity, crucial or necessary services and unnecessary surgery.
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If we allow suffering to be included inmedicalnecessitywhen it is otherwise normal, we encourage moral hazard.
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Unfortunately, the nature of recovery of consciousness does not easily fit into notions ofmedicalnecessityborrowed from more conventional maladies.
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There are many related concepts such asmedicalnecessityand small-areas variation.
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The determination of themedicalnecessityfor health services requires an evidence base for insurability.
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Themedicalnecessityfor health services determined their insurability, but the definition of what is medically necessary was negotiated between medical practitioners and the government payer.
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Medicalnecessityand psychiatric managed care.
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Appropriateness has been frequently defined or described in relation tomedicalnecessity.
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Clarifying the concept ofmedicalnecessity.
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Medical devices will continue to be adapted and developed that can be safely applied by physicians and used by patients wherever they are dependent onmedicalnecessityand preference.
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I am sure that he was not referring to those who could get that service privately, but to those who, throughmedicalnecessity, needed physiotherapy.
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If a patient elects to have a private prescription instead, that will be a matter of choice not ofmedicalnecessity.
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I can see no reason why a fee should not be exacted except in cases ofmedicalnecessity.
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In those circumstances, is that person to be deprived of amedicalnecessityunless he makes the payment that is laid down?
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I believe that it should be formedicalnecessity.
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