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21 plain-English navigation terms beginning with B. These entries explain administrative and care routes, not diagnosis or treatment.
21 terms beginning with B · All letters
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Basic medical insuranceChina's statutory basic medical-insurance system; enrolment, local benefits and settlement must be checked with the responsible pooling-area agency.Basic-insurance pooling areaThe administrative area that coordinates specified contribution, benefit and settlement rules; it must not be assumed to match every city or province label.Bed confirmationA provider-issued statement about the exact inpatient service, campus and planned timing; it remains separate from clinical acceptance, payment and travel permission.Bed number is not patient identityA safety boundary in the national patient-identification standard: room and bed numbers cannot replace proper patient identity checks.Beijing A-class designated hospitalA Beijing local designated-provider category whose current list and common-use effect must be checked with the municipal authority; it is not a nationwide hospital class or quality ranking.Beijing bereavement routeBeijing's verified funeral hotline, basic-service and international-remains entry points plus separate foreigner document cancellation, with case details confirmed directly.Beijing direct maternity-allowance paymentBeijing's current local route for paying an approved maternity allowance directly to the eligible individual in the cases covered by the municipal rule; the employer still performs the stated application role.Beijing family doctor health management centerA Beijing local service model built around selected community health institutions; a listed pilot or rated center does not create universal eligibility or rank clinical outcomes.Beijing health-examination routeBeijing's current appointment, examination or overseas-record validation, report and work, study or residence submission route.Beijing long-term care pilotThe reviewed Shijingshan District pilot requiring qualifying local insurance participation, duration and severe-disability assessment; it is not a Beijing citywide entitlement.Beijing medical-dispute mediationBeijing's specialist medical-dispute people's mediation framework as described in the 2019 official explanation, applied with national rules and a fresh check of the current committee and intake instructions.Beijing outpatient special-disease registrationBeijing's local备案 route for a listed 门诊特殊病, including an exact treatment category and up to two qualified institutions per disease under current rules.Beijing sick-leave routeBeijing's current sick-leave wage, medical-period, medical-document, return-to-work and employment-dispute framework, which must not be generalized outside the municipality.Beijing three-day mediation intakeThe three-day acceptance arrangement stated in Beijing's official policy explanation for qualifying mediation applications; it is not a merits decision or a nationwide deadline.Beijing Type A work-permit family insurance routeBeijing's local resident-insurance route for the eligible spouse or minor child of a Category A Foreigner Work Permit holder, subject to the municipal conditions and current recorded decision.Beijing work-injury insurance routeBeijing's current participation, recognition, agreement-institution, cross-province settlement, assessment and benefit-administration route for a qualifying worker.BillingRegistration, tests, medicine, admission and other charges may be collected in stages.Blood issue formA traceable hospital blood-bank record checked against the patient and blood component, with one copy entering the patient's medical record.Booking channelAn official app, WeChat account, telephone, city platform or on-site desk.Breast clinicA provider-defined service whose legal institution, registered subject, campus, booking route and record ownership must be confirmed before attendance.Breast-screening recordThe programme or medical-institution record connecting the appointment, identity, written report and named follow-up route without interpreting the result.
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.