Healthcare terms A–Z

Understand hospital and insurance terms

Browse a compact letter index for appointments, hospital routes, diagnostic services, payment, insurance, prescriptions and records. Search remains available for exact terms and common aliases.

A

37 termsAccessibility support to Authorized representative

B

21 termsBasic medical insurance to Breast-screening record

C

39 termsCampus to Cross-province work-injury direct settlement

D

42 termsDay surgery to Duplicate patient record

E

31 termsElectronic medical fee receipt to Eyeglasses receipt

F

22 termsFallback payment to Funeral home

G

26 termsGeneral-hospital ophthalmology department to Gynaecology record correction

H

21 termsHealth check-up to Human-remains repatriation

I

36 termsIllness-relief payment to Itinerary verification record

J

2 termsJob-fitness restriction to Joint evidence testing

L

8 termsLaboratory order to Lost-receipt verification

M

55 termsManual medical-insurance reimbursement to Mutual-recognition scope

N

8 termsNear relative to Normal death outside a hospital

O

37 termsObstetrics to Overseas vaccination history

P

61 termsPaediatrics to Public hospital

R

31 termsReal-name registration to Revocation of authorization

S

50 termsScheduled surgery to Symptom-led diagnostic order

T

9 termsTask-specific authorization to Travel-health document recipient

U

2 termsUnperformed test refund to Urgent care

V

7 termsVaccination certificate to Voluntary psychiatric admission

W

17 termsWeChat appointment to Written medical settlement

Y

1 termsYellow-fever certificate validity to Yellow-fever certificate validity

Need the complete adult-vaccination or travel-health route?

The adult vaccination and travel health center separates clinic access, domestic records, International Travel Health Care Centers, ICVPs, border checks, destination requirements and outbound medical forms. It does not recommend a vaccine or confirm one journey’s live requirement.

Need the complete diagnostic-service route?

The diagnostic tests, imaging and pathology center connects provider checks, orders, identity, costs, reports, image data, pathology material and clinician-led follow-up. It does not choose a test or interpret a result.

Use this index for navigation, not clinical decisions

This index explains administrative terms and care routes. For symptoms, diagnosis or treatment, contact a qualified healthcare professional; a glossary entry cannot replace clinical advice.