What's the difference between paid and prepaid?

Paid


Definition:

  • (imp., p. p., & a.) Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
  • (imp., p. p., & a.) Satisfied; contented.
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Pay

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Further development of drug formulary concept was discussed, primarily for the drugs paid by the Health Insurance, as well as the unsatisfactory ADR reporting in Yugoslavia.
  • (2) They also said no surplus that built up in the scheme, which runs at a £700m deficit, would be paid to any “sponsor or employer” under any circumstances.
  • (3) And, as elsewhere in this epidemic, those on the frontline paid the highest price: four of the seven fatalities were health workers, including Adadevoh.
  • (4) The family history and associated anomalies were recorded and particular attention was paid to temperature gradients and neurocirculatory deficits with respect to band location.
  • (5) If women psychiatrists are to fill some of the positions in Departments of Psychiatry, which will fall vacant over the next decade, much more attention must be paid to eliminating or diminishing the multiple obstacles for women who chose a career in academic psychiatry.
  • (6) "If you look at the price HP paid, it was an excellent deal for the Autonomy shareholders.
  • (7) Particular attention has been paid to diabetes mellitus and chronic pancreatitis, but a firm conclusion cannot be drawn.
  • (8) Attention is paid to the set of problems connected with the nonthrombotic insufficiency of the conducting veins of the leg.
  • (9) In each of the clinics I visit I ask how much the surrogates are paid.
  • (10) In France, there is still a meaningful connection between earnings, social contributions paid in, and benefit paid out.
  • (11) Our campaign has been going for some time and each step in our progress has been hard won, by campaigners paid and volunteer alike.
  • (12) Documents seen by the Guardian show that blood supplies for one fiscal year were paid for by donations from America’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) – and both countries have imposed economic sanctions against the Syrian government.
  • (13) Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian I don’t know how much my parents paid for their home but in 1955 the average house price for the whole country was £1,891.
  • (14) They are saying they have paid with their blood and they do not want to retreat," said Saad el-Hosseini, a senior Brotherhood politician.
  • (15) Minimum investment is £200, and the share prospectus states that interest of 6% will be paid from year three of trading.
  • (16) Attention should be paid to the circumstances under which the chart is applied, as normal micturition behaviour seems to be highly dependent on social factors.
  • (17) He also paid tribute to first responders and rescue workers.
  • (18) The ABI figures revealed that the best annuity for someone who is a heavy smoker and has severely impaired health was at Prudential, which paid out 46% more than the worst, from Friends Life.
  • (19) Clifford began representing the family after the media were "camped out on their door" earlier this year but said that he was not being paid by the family, added that the story should never have been in the paper.
  • (20) To comply with these rules, interest is not paid on Islamic savings or current accounts, or charged on Islamic mortgages.

Prepaid


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Prepay

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The studies are conducted on members of a prepaid medical insurance plan, and reside in the Oakland area of California, USA.
  • (2) Two interview surveys were conducted with AFDC and HR (general assistance) Medicaid eligibles, the first under the fee-for-service system servicing the Medicaid population, and the second 18 months after the introduction of a mandatory, prepaid managed care system for Medicaid beneficiaries.
  • (3) Because of concern about the effects of prepaid care on outcomes for elderly enrollees in health maintenance organizations (HMOs), a prospective study of access to care and functional outcomes was performed.
  • (4) This study reports costs incurred over a nine-and-one-half-month period following the introduction of obstetrical ultrasound into a group family practice serving primarily prepaid health plan patients.
  • (5) Quite a few offer insurance products, cash Isas and prepaid cards.
  • (6) In the short run, the use of community-based mental health treatment programs need not be affected by enrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries in prepaid plans, providing that Medicaid program administrators take steps to minimize the disruption of ongoing treatment, offer beneficiaries a choice among prepaid plans, and encourage community treatment programs to contract with plans to serve beneficiaries.
  • (7) The patients were all members of a prepaid medical-care group; 84% were treated as outpatients.
  • (8) The author presents his views as to why prepaid care is the best method of after care for contact lens patients.
  • (9) This paper describes the planning efforts of a community agency that was ultimately unsuccessful in converting two primary care centers from the traditional fee-for-service Medicaid reimbursement system to a per-capita prepaid Medicaid reimbursement system.
  • (10) Prepaid, case managed systems have been proposed as a method of controlling costs in Medicaid populations.
  • (11) This article compares mothers' satisfaction with children's medical care in six widely varying settings: fee-for-service solo and group practices, prepaid group practice, public clinics, hospital outpatient departments, and emergency rooms.
  • (12) A principal problem with previous studies that have estimated the effects of prepaid group practices (PGPs) on hospital costs and use is the treatment of PGP growth rates as an exogenous variable.
  • (13) Prepaid dental group practice, either independently or as part of a general health care system, has the potential of virtually eliminating edentulism in populations for which it has responsibility.
  • (14) Three methodologic issues (definitions of smoking, period of follow-up, composition of study group) were assessed in 426 persons five years after participation in a stop smoking program of a prepaid medical plan.
  • (15) The data were collected in 1981 as part of a U.S. household survey, 'A Study of Dental Health Related and Process Outcomes Associated with Prepaid Dental Care', the most comprehensive cross-sectional data base available in dentistry.
  • (16) The neighborhood also has been targeted as a demonstration site for an Illinois Department of Public Aid's prepaid Medicaid program.
  • (17) This study was designed to show what specific physician characteristics lead to patient satisfaction and to compare satisfaction of patients using either prepaid or fee-for-service modes of payment within the same settings.
  • (18) These economies were achieved while the prepaid group surgeons were observed to average more time per patient visit both on rounds and in the office than the community surgeons.
  • (19) Here, data are presented from a project which provided fully prepaid care to near poor families through existing sources in the community.
  • (20) These are tested using data on 3,892 individuals enrolled in the Kaiser Foundation Prepaid Health Plan of Portland, Oregon.

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