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kassenfrei

English translation: approved by the health insurance

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German term or phrase:kassenfrei
English translation:approved by the health insurance
Entered by: Eva Gerkrath

02:32 Jun 27, 2000
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical
German term or phrase: kassenfrei
"Unter Wahrung des Patientenschutzes und der Sicherheit der Anwendung soll das Angebot für die rezeptfreie - jedoch weiterhin KASSENFREIE - Anwendung von Arzneimitteln für die Selbstmedikation auf der Grundlage von Einzelfallprüfungen erweitert werden." TIA!
Heather
approved by the health insurance
Explanation:
This appears to be an Austrian word. There si a list of medicines that are approved and paid for by the health or medical insurance. Eva
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Eva Gerkrath
Netherlands
Local time: 00:07
Grading comment
Thanks, Eva (and to Dan for confirming your answer) - you confirmed my suspicions, but I was a bit worried for a while by the other two answers!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
naapproved by the health insurance
Eva Gerkrath
naNot paid by health insurance
Anka Andrews (X)
naoutside health insurance cover
Carola
naThe score is now tied - two to two
Dan McCrosky (X)


  

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34 mins
approved by the health insurance


Explanation:
This appears to be an Austrian word. There si a list of medicines that are approved and paid for by the health or medical insurance. Eva


    Reference: http://www.pharmig.or.at/pharmig/df98/deutsch/20.htm
Eva Gerkrath
Netherlands
Local time: 00:07
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 54
Grading comment
Thanks, Eva (and to Dan for confirming your answer) - you confirmed my suspicions, but I was a bit worried for a while by the other two answers!
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2 hrs
Not paid by health insurance


Explanation:
Kassenfrei refers to medical care and/or medication which is NOT paid for by the health insurance program. In this case, non-prescription over-the-counter preparations for self-medication. A "kassenfreier Patient" is a private patient, someone who pays for medical care out of his own pocket - just in case you run into that.

Anka Andrews (X)
PRO pts in pair: 26
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9 hrs
outside health insurance cover


Explanation:
as there seems to be some quite fundamental disagreement between the two previous answer I would like to second the latter i.e. 'not paid for by (public) health insurance'. Kassenfrei is not an expression specific to Austria, the system of 'Krankenkassen' is used throughout Germany.

Carola
Local time: 23:07
PRO pts in pair: 12
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23 hrs
The score is now tied - two to two


Explanation:
Unless your text is using a 180-degree different definition of "KASSENFREI" than Gerkrath's reference, it would appear that Gerkrath's answer is right. The most important sentence in Gerkrath's answer is shown below. It does seem from the word "restlichen" that "KASSENFREI" means those medicines approved for payment by the medical insurance system. The use of the word "jedoch" in your text also supports this. You might write "insurance paid" or "insurance payable" or "insurance payment acceptable".

"Dem in seiner Praxis tätigen Arzt stehen für seine „Kassenpatienten“ nur in der Theorie alle zugelassenen Arzneimittel für eine Verschreibung offen. Da nur ca. 56,3% der vorhandenen Arzneimittel „kassenfrei“ sind, muss der Patient für die restlichen Arzneimittel selbst bezahlen oder – etwa durch den „Gang zum Chefarzt“ – bürokratische Hürden überwinden."


Dan McCrosky (X)
Local time: 00:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1541
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