"Insurance Pools" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An organization of insurers or reinsurers through which particular types of risk are shared or pooled. The risk of high loss by a particular insurance company is transferred to the group as a whole (the insurance pool) with premiums, losses, and expenses shared in agreed amounts.
| Descriptor ID |
D015271
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.576.570
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| Concept/Terms |
Insurance Pools- Insurance Pools
- Insurance Pool
- Pool, Insurance
- Pools, Insurance
Health Alliances- Health Alliances
- Alliance, Health
- Alliances, Health
- Health Alliance
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Insurance Pools" by people in Profiles.
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High-risk pools for the sick and uninsured under health reform: too little and thus too late. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Jan; 26(1):91-4.